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===== What is experiential learning? ===== | ===== What is experiential learning? ===== | ||
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+ | The experiential learning theory is based on six propositions claiming that learning is(([[Kolb, Alice Y., and David A. Kolb. Learning Styles and Learning Spaces : Enhancing Experiential Learning in Higher Education. Academy of Management Learning Education 4, no. 2: 193-212, 2005.]])): | ||
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+ | - the process of creating knowledge | ||
+ | - a holistic process of adaptation to the world | ||
+ | - best described as a process, not outcome | ||
+ | - relearning, since it is greatly dependent on already learned material | ||
+ | - driven by conflict, differences, and disagreement | ||
+ | - results from synergetic transactions between the person and the environment | ||
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In his influential book "[[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Experiential-Learning-Experience-Source-Development/dp/0132952610#reader_0132952610|Experiential Learning: Experience As The Source Of Learning And Development]]" (1984) Kolb describes learning as "//the process whereby **knowledge is created through the transformation of experience**//". Kolb suggests two opposite modes of getting experience: | In his influential book "[[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Experiential-Learning-Experience-Source-Development/dp/0132952610#reader_0132952610|Experiential Learning: Experience As The Source Of Learning And Development]]" (1984) Kolb describes learning as "//the process whereby **knowledge is created through the transformation of experience**//". Kolb suggests two opposite modes of getting experience: | ||
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===== Keywords and most important names ===== | ===== Keywords and most important names ===== | ||
- | * **Concrete experience (CE)**, **reflective observation (RO)**, **abstract conceptualization (AC)**, **active experimentation (AE)**, **assimilator**, **converger**, **accomodator**, **diverger**, **learning style inventory**, **learning styles** | + | * **Concrete experience (CE)**, **reflective observation (RO)**, **abstract conceptualization (AC)**, **active experimentation (AE)**, **assimilator**, **converger**, **accomodator**, **diverger**, **learning style inventory**, **learning styles**, **northerner**, **westerner**, **easterner**, **southerner**, **balancing ** |
* [[http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/3114/David-Kolb.html|David Kolb]] | * [[http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/3114/David-Kolb.html|David Kolb]] | ||