EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING (Definition, Types, Kolb’s cycle)

1. EXPEREINTIAL LEARNING (Definition, Types, Kolb’s cycle)

2. EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING experiential learning involves learning from experience "the process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience, Knowledge results from the combinations of grasping and transforming experience."

3. MANTRA OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

4. Types of Learning Scientia – it is a Latin word, means knowledge Systematic / way of persuing knowledge Techne ---- Greek word , means craftmanship , art Set of principles involved in production of an object Praxis---- Greek word , means act, work, Process by which a theory, lesson/skill is enacted

5. Kolb’s learning cycle Kolb proposed that an individual learner moves through a spiral of immediate experience which leads to observations and reflections on the experience. These reflections are then absorbed and linked with previous knowledge and translated into abstract concepts or theories, which result in new ways and actions to adjust to the experience that can be tested and explored.

6. Concrete Experience - CE  (feeling)  -----V-----Abstract Conceptualization - AC  (thinking) Active Experimentation - AE  (doing) -----V----- Reflective Observation - RO  (watching)

7. EXAMPLE For example, let's imagine that you are going to learn how to drive a car. Some people might choose to begin learning via reflection by observing other people as they drive. Another person might prefer to start more abstractly, by reading and analyzing a driving instruction book. Yet another person might decide to just jump right in and get behind the seat of a car to practice driving on a test course

8. Concrete Experience (feeling) This emphasizes personal involvement with people in everyday situations. In this stage, the learner would tend to rely more on feelings than on a systematic approach to problems and situations. For example, a student performs an initial interview for the first time

9. Reflective Observation (RO) people understand ideas and situations from different points of view. In a learning situation the learner would not necessarily take any action. The learner would rely on their own thoughts and feelings in forming opinions. In the example, after finishing the student reflects on what they did, makes observations and discusses how they went with their educator

10. Abstract Conceptualisation (AC) In this stage, learning involves using theories, logic and ideas, rather than feelings, to understand problems or situations. Typically, the learner relies on systematic planning and develops theories and ideas to solve problems

11. Active Experimentation (AE) Learning in this stage takes an active form - experimenting with changing situations. The learner would take a practical approach and be concerned with what really works, as opposed to simply watching a situation. In the example, the student considers ways to improve, and tries out methods .