Ethical Issues with Experiential Activities

Experiential activities, feedback, ethical limits

Experiential activities can be a powerful pedagogical tool to enhance conceptual and personal learning. However, they can also consume quite a bit of class time so how to gain the most benefit from time spent? One way is to integrate personal feedback, but a review of recent JME articles indicated that this is not frequently done. Doing so raises ethical issues. Most (higher) education focuses on conceptual awareness. Is personal feedback coercive in required courses? Even in elective courses, are there limits to students’ choices? Can instructor’s values become dominant? What are the ethical boundaries?

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