- Title
- Developing a case-based experiential learning model at a program level in a regional university : reflections on the developmental process
- Creator
- Patil, Tejaswini; Hunt, Michelle; Cooper, Kimberlea; Townsend, Rob
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/174515
- Identifier
- vital:14855
- Identifier
- ISBN:1443-1394 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- This article reflects on the developmental process of a case-based experiential learning model: the Federation University model, in an undergraduate community and human services program at a regional university. There is abundant literature that addresses the use and need for introducing experiential learning at the subject/unit level in community and human services/social work content. However, despite the expansion of research on experiential learning, there is limited literature that bridges the gap between course/program level teaching philosophy and using experiential learning activities in individual subjects. The article will demonstrate how Kolb’s four stage cycle (Kolb, 1984) and case-based experiential learning were integrated to develop curriculum at a program level. It will also demonstrate how a move to experiential learning facilitated better alignment with face-to-face and online learning. As a way of argument, we suggest that case-based experiential learning is very relevant and useful to human services/ social work education because of its emphasis on bridging the theory and praxis nexus and providing graduates with an opportunity to work effectively in a complex, fluid and ever-changing sector. © 2020, Adult Learning Australia. All rights reserved.
- Publisher
- Adult Learning Australia
- Relation
- Australian Journal of Adult Learning Vol. 60, no. 2 (2020), p. 225-244
- Rights
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- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 1301 Education Systems; 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy; 1303 Specialist Studies in Education; Case-based experiential learning; Experiential learning in a regional context; Welfare education and pedagogy
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