Community-based, Experiential Learning for Second Year Neuroscience Undergraduates.

ABSTRACT: Service learning is becoming a keystone of the undergraduate learning experience. At Stonehill College, we implemented a service learning course, called a Learning Community, in Neuroscience. This course was created to complement the basic research available to Stonehill Neuroscience majors with experience in a more applied and "clinical" setting. The Neuroscience Learning Community is designed to promote a deep understanding of Neuroscience by combining traditional classroom instruction with clinical perspectives and real-life experiences. This Neuroscience Learning Community helps students translate abstract concepts within the context of neurodevelopment by providing students with contextual experience in a real-life, unscripted setting. The experiential learning outside of the classroo

SUBMITTER: Yu HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3852872 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature