Experiential Obstacles in Higher Education
A lot of talk has confused the experiential perspectives in
higher education Pakistan.
To achieve Experiential Learning (EL) or The Project Based
Learning (PBL) sounds whimsical enough but unfeasible mostly to many of the
courses or subjects. This requires autonomy for both the facilitator and the
learner who could execute their plans to maximize the learning. Constrained and
controlled experiences may not prove as fruitful as the theory seeks to achieve
out of it. It will be futile to set unnatural environment or replicate the
industrial/corporate/real life situations in the class and expect to attain the
desired results.
Currently, Experiential Learning in Pakistan is facing three
major obstacles which needed to be addressed without which the learning
objectives and goals cannot be accomplished.
(a)
Untrained Faculty
(b)
Discouraging Environment (Less freedom)
(c)
Unwillingness/laziness of the students
