Evolution Of An Experiential Learning Partnership In Emergency Management Higher Education

Keywords

Community partnership; Emergency management higher education; Experiential learning; Functional exercise

Abstract

Experiential learning allows students to step outside the classroom and into a community setting to integrate theory with practice, while allowing the community partner to reach goals or address needs within their organization. Emergency Management and Homeland Security scholars recognize the importance, and support the increased implementation, of this pedagogical method in the higher education curriculum. Yet challenges to successful implementation exist including limited resources and time. This longitudinal study extends the literature by detailing the evolution of a partnership between a university and office of emergency management in which a functional exercise is strategically integrated into an undergraduate course. The manuscript concludes with a discussion of lessons learned from throughout the multiyear process.

Publication Date

5-1-2016

Publication Title

Journal of Emergency Management

Volume

14

Issue

3

Number of Pages

201-211

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.5055/jem.2016.0286

Socpus ID

84982972158 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84982972158

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