Experiential Learning for Undergraduates: A Simulation About Functional Change and Aging

Undergraduates have difficulty understanding the normal sensory losses and changes in functional status experienced by virtually all older adults. To overcome this experiential problem, a classroom assignment, the aging simulation exercise, was developed to engage students as active participants in...

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Published in:Gerontology & geriatrics education 2003-12, Vol.23 (2), p.37-48
Main Author: Wood, Monika Deppen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
experiential learning
gerontology
physiological aging
Simulation exercise
undergraduate education
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Summary:Undergraduates have difficulty understanding the normal sensory losses and changes in functional status experienced by virtually all older adults. To overcome this experiential problem, a classroom assignment, the aging simulation exercise, was developed to engage students as active participants in their learning of what it genuinely means to "become older." Students are obliged to "experience" first-hand some of the many aches and pains as well as sensory losses commonly associated with the aging process.
ISSN:0270-1960
1545-3847
DOI:10.1300/J021v23n02_03