Experiential Learning and the Liberal Arts: Closing the Loop
(Co-sponsor: CEL)
Thursday, April 22
Bruce Dalgaard, Director of the Center for Experiential Learning, Economics/Asian Studies; Steve McKelvey, Associate Dean of Students for Juniors and Seniors, Mathematics.
This session will provide an update on the programs of the Center for Experiential Learning, and will examine the idea of experience as a complement to the liberal arts curriculum. This idea is receiving growing attention as "service learning", or, in a more formal approach, as the "scholarship of engagement". The session will illustrate how experiential learning is at work here at St. Olaf by drawing on the initiatives of several faculty members. One or two short readings will be provided.
