The Value of Experiential Learning in Long-Term Care Education.

Wasmuth, Norma

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ERIC Number: EJ129076

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Publication Date: 1975

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The Value of Experiential Learning in Long-Term Care Education

Wasmuth, Norma

Gerontologist, 15, 6, 548-553, Dec 75

Experiential learning has proved a useful tool in adding meaning to an undergraduate course in the problems of aging and delivery of long-term care. Sensory deprivation and institutionalization commonly experienced by the elderly can be simulated. The response to this educational process increased the students' understanding of sensory deprivation. (Author)

Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Course Descriptions, Empathy, Geriatrics, Higher Education, Identification (Psychology), Instructional Innovation, Older Adults, Sensory Deprivation, Undergraduate Study

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