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Agenda
1. Briefing of Kolbs Experiential Learning Theory (ELT)
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Six Characteristics of
Experiential Learning Theory
process
grounded in
experience
resolution of conflicts
between dialectically
opposed modes of
adaptation
holistic
transaction of
person
and the
environment
knowledge created
by transaction
between social
knowledge and
personal
knowledge
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Pmw888 (December, 29, 2011). Anyone, anyone teacher from Ferris Buellers day off [Video file].
Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhiCFdWeQfA
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Experiential Learning
Kolb (1984) states Learning is the process
whereby knowledge is created through the
transformation of experience. Knowledge
results from the combination of grasping
experience and transforming it(p. 41).
How?
Through the Cycle of Learning from Experience.
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Kolbs Four-Stage
Cycle of Learning from Experience
Summary of the
Four Stages in the Learning Cycle
Concrete Experience (CE): learning from feeling and
personal involvement
Reflective Observation (RO): learning by watching and
listening
Abstract Conceptualization (AC): learning by thinking
Active Experimentation (AE): learning by doing
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processing from the learning cycle modes provide four learning styles
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Kolb's
experiential
learning
theory and
learning
styles model
Concrete
Experience
Feeling
Accommodating
(feel and do)
CE/AE Style 4
Active
Experimentation
Doing
Processing
Diverging
Perception
Continuum
how we
think about
things
Continuum
how we
do things
Converging
Assimilating
Reflective
Observation
Watching
Abstract
Conceptualisation
Thinking
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imaginative
artistic
sensitive
Convince me to learn!
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logical
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technical
experimental
problem
solving
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practical
team
based
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Style #
Learning Activity
listening to a lecture
playing a game
experimenting with different approaches to a problem
reading a book
filling in a crossword puzzle
applying new knowledge to a real world case
going on a field trip where students try out real machinery
discussing the relevance of the next learning unit
watching a video
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Welcome to our
Experiential Learning Theory
Party!
Outcome:
to detail critical considerations when planning
a successful celebration.
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learning?
Personal involvement with an experience
Reflect on the experience from different view points
Develop different ideas about the topic
Conclude about the topic
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Kolbs
Experiential Learning Theory
Two level four-stage cycle (cycle and learning styles)
Learner touches all the pieces of the cycle to experience:
Feeling
Watching
Thinking
Doing
The process enables the creation of new experiences
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Roses
and
Thorns
ELT supporters
Continues to exercise considerable influence in many disciplines: education,
nursing, business, engineering, and many more discovered during our research.
Kayes (2002) notes Researchers and practitioners alike enlist experiential learning
ELT - critiques
Critiques of ELT from many perspectives
Broad-based critiques that challenge ELT for
Summary of Critiques
by Kayes (2002)
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Thank you!
I hear and I forget.
I see and I remember.
I do and I understand.
~Confucius~
Retrieved from http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/c/confucius136802.html
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References
Kayes, D. C. (2002). Experiential learning and its critics:
Preserving the role of experience in management
learning and education. Academy of Management
Learning and Education, 1, 2, 137-149. Retrieved from
http://web.ebscohost.com.uproxy.library.dcuoit.ca/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=3&sid=c1c96305
-af1a-48d3-8fc48d967d600589%40sessionmgr104&hid=127
Kelly, C. (1997). David Kolb, The theory of experiential and
esl. The Internet TESL Journal. Vol III, No. 9.
Retrieved from http://iteslj.org/Articles/KellyExperiential/
Kolb, D. (1984). Experiential learning: Experience as the
source of learning and development. Englewood Cliffs,
NJ: Prentice-Hall.
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References
Kolb, D. A. (1985). LSI Learning-Style Inventory. Boston, MA:
McBer & Company.
Kolb, D. A. (1985). LSI Learning-Style Inventory. Retrieved
from
www.socwel.ku.edu/syllabi/.../Learning%20Style%20Inve
ntory.doc
Kolb, A. & Kolb, D. (n.d.). What is experiential learning. A
series of 11 chapters. [Video file]. Retrieved from
http://www.haygroup.com/leadershipandtalentondeman
d/video/details.aspx?id=303&c=10
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References
Kolbs Four-Stage Cycle of Learning from Experience Diagram.
Retrieved from
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/styles/kolb.html
Kolbs Experiential Learning Theory and Learning Styles
Model Diagram. Retrieved from
http://www.businessballs.com/freepdfmaterials/kolb_lea
rning_styles_diagram_colour.pdf
Kolbs Learning Styles matrix view. Retrieved from
http://www.businessballs.com/kolblearningstyles.htm
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References
Pmw888 (December, 29, 2011). Anyone, anyone teacher from
Ferris Buellers day off [Video file]. Retrieved from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhiCFdWeQfA
Richmond, A. S., & Cummings, R. (2005). Implementing Kolbs
learning styles into online distance education.
International Journal of Technology in Teaching and
Learning, 1(1), 45-54. Retrieved from
http://www.sicet.org/journals/ijttl/issue0501/Richmond.
Vol1.Iss1.pp45-54.pdf
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