Experiential Education in the College Context

<p><em>Experiential Education in the College Context</em> provides college and university faculty with pedagogical approaches that engage students and support high-impact learning. Organized around four essential categories—active learning integrated learning project-based learning and community-based learning—this resource offers examples from across disciplines to illustrate principles and best practices for designing and implementing experiential curriculum in the college and university setting. Framed by theory this book provides practical guidance on a range of experiential teaching and learning approaches including internships civic engagement project-based research service learning game-based learning and inquiry learning. At a time when rising tuition consumer-driven models and e-learning have challenged the idea of traditional liberal education this book provides a compelling discussion of the purposes of higher education and the role experiential education plays in sustaining and broadening notions of democratic citizenship. </p><p>. </p>