TY - JOUR AU - Montrose, Lynne PY - 2002/12/15 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - International Study and Experiential Learning: The Academic Context JF - Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad JA - Frontiers VL - 8 IS - 1 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.36366/frontiers.v8i1.91 UR - https://frontiersjournal.org/index.php/Frontiers/article/view/91 SP - 1-15 AB - <p>Experiential learning is a pedagogy that actively engages the student&nbsp;in the phenomena that they are studying, such as in cooperative education,&nbsp;internships, clinical experience, service learning, outdoor leadership, organizational&nbsp;development, and activity-based learning. When students develop&nbsp;their own research agenda, engage in critical thinking and test their&nbsp;interpersonal skills, they come face to face with an alternative worldview,&nbsp;learning through both action and reflection, including the consequences of&nbsp;the larger social and ethical implications of this knowledge.</p><p>This article will explore experiential learning as a framework for&nbsp;enhancing the educational value of an international experience. After a&nbsp;brief review of theorists of experiential learning, the accepted principles of&nbsp;good practice in the field will be discussed, followed by discussions of the&nbsp;design of learning objectives and learning contracts, and the importance&nbsp;of this type of learning as it relates to international programs.</p> ER -