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Hands-On Learning in Tillery

East Carolina University

Peggy P. Wittman

Eastern Kentucky University

Vivian W. Mott

East Carolina University

The Tillery Experience provides a unique, cross-cultural opportunity for students to learn and practice occupational therapy skills in a rural, primarily African American community in northeastern North Carolina. This qualitative study investigates how involvement in this community-based experience affects participants. Twelve past and current students participated in a focus group. Results indicate that participants valued the hands-on learning they experienced, felt enriched as a result of the hands-on learning, and developed cultural competency as a result of their involvement in the Tillery Experience. These themes relate to theories of transformative education, transformative learning, and situated cognition. Implications for supervision and planning educational experiences are discussed.

Key Words: transformational learning • cross-cultural competence • active learning • occupational therapy

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