Harris, Neil Robert
2004.
Experiential learning in built environment education [Editorial].
Cebe Transactions
1
(1)
, pp. 3-7.
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Abstract
This first edition of Transactions is concerned with a series of issues of increasing
importance within the context of the modern university. These issues may be variously
described as including work-based learning, experiential learning, placement experience, live
projects or ‘real-world’ simulation. The increasingly complex vocabulary used to define what
was once perhaps referred to simply as ‘industrial placement’, testifies to the prominence of
such concerns. The collection of papers in this issue highlights the highly variable form and
character of the different activities that fall under the umbrella term ‘experiential learning’. In
the papers that follow, a broad interpretation of experiential learning is adopted that
incorporates the sandwich year, multiple and short-term placements, research and travelling,
and university-based project work sponsored by agencies and employers. The profile and
relevance of experiential learning has been greatly enhanced by the Dearing Report and the
Government White Paper on higher education. These documents reflect a wider, societal
concern about the qualities of a university graduate. Renewed emphasis on the
employability of graduates and their possession of sought after professional and transferable
skills are changing the ways in which universities relate to their students. The Egan Review
further confirms these trends.
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Article
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Date Type: |
Publication |
Status: |
Published |
Schools: |
Geography and Planning (GEOPL) |
Subjects: |
H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races |
Additional Information: |
Guest editorial |
Publisher: |
Cardiff University |
Date of First Compliant Deposit: |
30 March 2016 |
Last Modified: |
07 Nov 2019 09:09 |
URI: |
http://orca-mwe.cf.ac.uk/id/eprint/32170 |
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