Abstract
The supposition by the Lecturers of the National University of Samoa’s Faculty of Technical Education Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Courses (RAC) Team has customarily leaned towards the adoption of experiential learning (EL) as a pedagogical tool in linking education and experience, which has set the foundation for a successful transition at the workplace. This scholarship provides the synopsis of the existing practices (curricula, assessments, methodologies and workplace assessment components) and enlightens on the challenges. This scholarship has selected four (4) RAC
courses and highpoints the tensions in the curricula. An attempt has been made to pronounce some of the achievements and challenges, the significant learning over the duration of the assignment and how learning experiences during the pedagogical reflection can be transferred to teaching. The scholarship provides implications for experiential learning as a pedagogical tool.
Keywords: Experiential learning, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Courses, Pedagogical
