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 ===== What is experiential learning? =====
-The experiential learning theory is based on six propositions claiming(()):
+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.]])):
+  - 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
 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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