Students - Philosophy. Educational Philosophy Cooperative Education is a Program designed to actively engage you in what you are learning. It is based on a philosophy of teaching, learning and assessment that goes beyond reading and listening as the primary routes to effective learning. By being actively engaged in what you are learning, the teacher-learner relationship is changed. The faculty steps out of the primary authority role as a possessor of knowledge and moves into a facilitative role.
Experience becomes the teacher.
The emphasis is placed on observation and reflection where faculty and students make meaning out of what is being experienced. The primary assumption underlying this philosophy of education is that experience, when incorporated as an integral part of the learning process, enhances learning. To turn experience into learning, it must be reflected upon and analyzed so that what you learn is made explicit. You will be required to develop a plan for learning. By diagnosing your learning needs and putting this plan in writing, you and your Co-op faculty advisor will be creating a vehicle for evaluating your learning.