Principles of Therapeutic Riding as a service-based learning course within an agricultural curriculum

Principles of Therapeutic Riding as a service-based learning course within an agricultural curriculum

Service-based learning is a rapidly growing form of active teaching in higher education which has been shown to have many positive effects on students. We are employing a service-based learning approach to an elective course within the agricultural curriculum, Principles of Therapeutic Riding. Post-...

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Published in:NACTA journal Vol. 49; no. 4; pp. 19 - 23
Main Authors: Brady, H.A, Lawver, D.E, Guay, K.A, Pyle, A.A, Cepica, N.T
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Twin Falls National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture 01-12-2005
North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture
Subjects:
agricultural education
Child health services
children with disabilities
community service
Curricula
Disabilities
Experiential learning
Higher education
horse riding
Horses
learning
Learning Processes
Medical treatment
rehabilitation (people)
Service Learning
Special needs students
Undergraduate Students
Universities
Texas
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Summary:Service-based learning is a rapidly growing form of active teaching in higher education which has been shown to have many positive effects on students. We are employing a service-based learning approach to an elective course within the agricultural curriculum, Principles of Therapeutic Riding. Post-course surveys from four semesters showed students had a greater understanding about disabilities, a better understanding of what families with disabled children face, and felt that they had changed as a result of this course. Reflective comments from university-wide evaluation measurement tools included appreciation for their own health and a desire to continue to take part in this program or a similar program of community service after the course's end. Service-based learning classes can play an important role in the undergraduate student learning experience. This unique type of active learning can potentially have many successful applications within the fields of agricultural sciences in higher education.
ISSN:0149-4910