Experience Experiential Education
The Coulter Faculty Center invites all members of the faculty, including part-time members and those on a term appointment, and staff with teaching responsibilities to experience experiential education at WCU’s annual Summer Institute for Teaching and Learning.
You’ve heard the term ‘experiential education’, but do you wonder what it is?
Definitions vary, but the Association for Experiential Education offers the following broad conceptualization:
“Experiential education is a philosophy and methodology in which educators
purposefully engage with learners in direct experience and focused reflection
in order to increase knowledge, develop skills and clarify values.” (www.aee.org)
Experiential education includes, but is not limited to, the following activities:
- Service Learning
- Community-Based Research
- Undergraduate Research
- Internships and Co-ops
- International Education/Study Abroad
- Cooperative Education
Come spend three days with us and think about how to incorporate these EX-citing elements into your courses.
Register soon! Although official registration closes at 5 pm on Mon, April 27, we will continue to accept registrations through Sunday, May 4. Participants who register after the deadline will be placed on a waiting list and cannot be guaranteed a place in the Summer Institute.
Join one of the following Focus Teams about a specific topic and acquire knowledge you can apply to your course(s):
Reflective Writing –Marsha Lee Baker, Dept. of English
eLearning-Carlie Merritt, Dept. of Applied Criminology
International Experiences and Perspectives: Chris Blake, Dept. of English
SOTL: John Habel, Senior Faculty Fellow for SOTL/Dept. of Psychology
Experiential Education and First-Year Seminars: Winfred Gordon, Dept. of Psychology
Experiencing Service Learning: Lydia Aydlett, Dept. of Psychology
Experiencing Undergraduate Research: Scott Philyaw, Mountain Heritage Center/Dept. of History
The Summer Institute is co-sponsored by the IT Division, the Division of Educational Outreach, Academic Affairs, the Chancellor's Office, and the Coulter Faculty Center.