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Creating and Documenting Meaningful Co-Curricular Experiences in Higher Education

Creating and Documenting Meaningful Co-Curricular Experiences in Higher Education
Journal of Education & Social Policy
Format: Journal Article
Publication Date: 12/2015
Sources ID: 116597
Notes: Stirling proposes a framework for enhancing the educational quality of post-secondary co-curricular programming. This artifact suggests integrating a co-curricular portfolio in a way that moves beyond its use as a recording tool and instead integrates it as part of the learning process. The goals of the co-curricular record are to highlight the benefits of professional practices as well as to encourage purposive co-curricular participation.
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The value of students’ co-curricular engagement is well recognized, but how may learning and development be enhanced through these experiences? Kolb’s (1984) experiential learning theory and Kuh’s (2008) theory on creating high-impact practices in higher education are used to propose a framework for enhancing the educational quality of post-secondary co-curricular programming. Recommendations are posed for ways in which the co-curricular record may move beyond its use as a recording tool and instead become an integral part of the learning process.

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