Transformational Mission-Based Experiential Learning: The Dublin Experience

Experiential, mission-focused learning provided undergraduate college students the opportunity to apply practical understanding and cultural intelligence to historical awareness. This was accomplished through text-based content, cross-cultural pedagogy, and missional engagement with native populations to consider modern sociocultural and faith perspectives. The Dublin Experience provided 12 undergraduate students from Grace Bible College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the opportunity to engage Irish culture and study its unique history, while participating with a local inner-city mission, bringing faith, culture, and a personal human element to course learning.