Module 4: Moving Beyond the Classroom

Introduction and Intended Outcome:

Module Overview

 

Watch this video to see how a guest speaker and a field trip reinforce concepts covered in an Aquarium Studies course.

Video: Moving Beyond the Classroom (6:03)

Think About

How do the guest lecturer and field trip complement what students are learning in their course?

More About the Class in the Video

Bruce Koike and Dave Beran team-teach a Life Support and Operations course in the Aquarium Science program at Oregon Coast Community College. Students in the program are training to become aquatic animal care specialists, or aquarists, and will likely pursue jobs at public aquariums and aquaculture facilities upon graduation.

Now think about your own practice.

Notebook

Describe how you currently incorporate community-based or workplace-based learning into your course. If you don't currently do so, describe how you might. Now think of some of the challenges you might face in using outside resources. How might you overcome them?