published: volume 3, number 3 (2003)

 

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Using Experiential Learning in the Classroom

 

Robert Wharton and
Linda E. Parry

 

Management and Information Systems
Gordon Ford College of Business
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY 42101
 robert.wharton@wku.edu
linda.parry@wku.edu

abstract

Academic experiences designed to promote active learning can be thrilling and memorable educational opportunities for students and their instructors. Unfortunately, they can also be miserable failures for students lacking necessary skills and motivation, and for instructors lacking necessary resources and support. This paper describes two active learning projects, both successful in many ways, and draws from them observations and lessons on the failings of active education for some students, and the burdens placed on instructors.

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The Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (JoSoTL)

Volume 3, Number 3 (2003)

 

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