4. Application of cultural anthropological fieldwork to community-based experiential learning
10.11307/mededjapan.44.292
- VernacularTitle:4．文化人類学のフィールドワークを応用した地域体験型学習
- Author:
Ryoko Michinobu
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
experiential learning;
ingrained sense;
reflection;
fieldwork;
cultural anthropology
- From:Medical Education
2013;44(5):292-298
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
In the current Japanese education for medical and health professionals, experiential learning in communities is widely promoted. Students visit a community and participate in community life. This paper introduces the perspectives and methods of cultural anthropological fieldwork and examines how they can be applied to community-based experiential learning and what effects are produced. This paper is based on a case study in a Japanese medical school. What is significant in experiential learning through fieldwork is that students participate in community life firsthand and retain this firsthand experience as a sensory experience. This ingrained sense is then transformed into new findings, not through application of the students’ pre-existing knowledge but through subsequent reflective practices.
