Evaluation of Students’ Experience of Team-based Experiential Learning through the Collaborative SAP Project

Collaborative learning and teaching pedagogies, such as team-based learning, problembased learning, and practical projects, are generally held to provide student-centred
approaches that promote higher levels of engagement, enhance students’ experience develop employability skills and ultimately obtain deeper levels of learning within Higher
Education. Yet, the researchers’ practical experience suggests that students are reluctant to
engage in team-based learning. Understanding this value-action gap presents an opportunity to improve experiential
learning within the generally instructive business school environment, enhance the students’ experience and foster a range of transferable, softer business skills all of which
may in turn generate better learning outcomes.

This paper presents the initial research findings from an exploration of the students’ experience of team-based learning undertaken through a University of Worcester Student
as Academic Partners Project which engages students as researchers within a staff-student collaborative research project.