The instructor and student may experience success, failure, adventure, risk taking and uncertainty, because the outcomes of the experience cannot totally be predicted. Experiential learning occurs when carefully chosen experiences are supported by reflection, critical analysis and synthesis.
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The instructor and student may experience success, failure, adventure, risk taking and uncertainty, because the outcomes of the experience cannot totally be predicted. Experiential learning occurs when carefully chosen experiences are supported by reflection, critical analysis and synthesis.
Experiences are structured to require the student to take initiative, make decisions and be accountable for results. Throughout the experiential learning process, the student is actively engaged in posing questions, investigating, experimenting, being curious, and solving problems, assuming responsibility, being creative and constructing meaning.
Students are engaged intellectually, emotionally, socially, soulfully and/or physically. This involvement produces a perception that the learning task is authentic. The results of the learning are personal and form the basis for future experience and learning.
Relationships are developed and nurtured: student to self, student to others and student to the world at large. Opportunities are nurtured for students and instructors to explore and examine their own values.
The instructor’s primary roles include setting suitable experiences, posing problems, setting boundaries, supporting students, insuring physical and emotional safety, and facilitating the learning process.
Faculty at LEAD is rare specimens. They achieve three part mission of research, teaching and service. They spell out specific learning objectives, explain why t