Exploring Absolute Happiness Through Experiential Education

• In Event: Service-Learning and Experiential Education Poster Session

Abstract

Happiness is an important but less explored topic in higher education. This calls for examining courses in higher education on happiness and how college students perceive happiness through experiential learning activities. The purpose of the study is to analyze the development of a happiness course in higher education and to explore students’ understanding of absolute happiness after experiential learning activities. Converging evidence across intrapersonal, interpersonal, and intergroup domains, our study suggests the possibility of utilizing Ikeda’s six life conditions for absolute happiness and Kolb’s experiential learning model to help college students develop skills and strategies for understanding absolute happiness.

Authors

• Nai-Cheng Kuo, Augusta University

• Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Allen University