Experiential Learning : Experience As the Source of Learning and Development / David A. Kolb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kolb, David A., 1939- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Experiential learning.

Learning by discovery.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (542 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Experience as the source of learning and development

Experiential learning

Place of Publication:

Upper Saddle River, New Jersey : Pearson Education, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The full text downloaded to your computer With eBooks you can: search for key concepts, words and phrases make highlights and notes as you study share your notes with friends eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad and Android apps. Upon purchase, you will receive via email the code and instructions on how to access this product. Time limit The eBooks products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access your digital ebook products whilst you have your Bookshelf installed. Experiential learning is a powerful and proven approach to teaching and learning that is based on one incontrovertible reality: people learn best through experience. Now, in this extensively updated book, David A. Kolb offers a systematic and up-to-date statement of the theory of experiential learning and its modern applications to education, work, and adult development. Experiential Learning, 2nd Edition builds on the intellectual origins of experiential learning as defined by figures such as John Dewey, Kurt Lewin, Jean Piaget, and L.S. Vygotsky, while also reflecting three full decades of research and practice. Kolb models the underlying structures of the learning process based on the latest insights in psychology, philosophy, and physiology. Building on his comprehensive structural model, he offers an exceptionally useful typology of individual learning styles and corresponding structures of knowledge in different academic disciplines and careers. Kolb also applies experiential learning to higher education and lifelong learning, especially with regard to adult education. This edition reviews recent applications and uses of experiential learning, updates Kolb's framework to address the current organisational and educational landscape,

and features current examples of experiential learning both in the field and in the classroom. It will be an indispensable resource for everyone who wants to promote more effective learning: in higher education, training, organisational development, lifelong learning environments, and online.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword

About the Author

Preface

Introduction

Part I: Experience and Learning

Chapter 1 The Foundations of Contemporary Approaches to Experiential Learning

Experiential Learning in Higher Education: The Legacy of John Dewey

Experiential Learning in Training and Organization Development: The Contributions of Kurt Lewin

Jean Piaget and the Cognitive-Development Tradition of Experiential Learning

Other Contributions to Experiential Learning Theory

Update and Reflections

Foundational Scholars of Experiential Learning Theory

Liminal Scholars

Contributions to Experiential Learning

Chapter 2 The Process of Experiential Learning

Three Models of the Experiential Learning Process

Characteristics of Experiential Learning

Summary: A Definition of Learning

The Learning Cycle and the Learning Spiral

Understanding the Learning Cycle

The Learning Spiral

Part II: The Structure of Learning and Knowledge

Chapter 3 Structural Foundations of the Learning Process

Process and Structure in Experiential Learning

The Prehension Dimension-Apprehension Versus Comprehension

The Transformation Dimension-Intention and Extension

Summary

Experiential Learning and the Brain

James Zull and the Link between the Learning Cycle and Brain Functioning

My Brain Made Me Do It?

Chapter 4 Individuality in Learning and the Concept of Learning Styles

The Scientific Study of Individuality

Learning Styles as Possibility-Processing Structures

Assessing Individual Learning Styles: The Learning Style Inventory

Evidence for the Structure of Learning

Characteristics of the Basic Learning Styles

Summary and Conclusion

Individuality, the Self, and Learning Style.

Western and Eastern Views of the Self

Experiential Learning and the Self

Learning Style

Chapter 5 The Structure of Knowledge

Apprehension vs. Comprehension-A Dual-Knowledge Theory

The Dialectics of Apprehension and Comprehension

The Structure of Social Knowledge: World Hypotheses

Social Knowledge as Living Systems of Inquiry-The Relation between the Structure of Knowledge and Fields of Inquiry and Endeavor

The Spiral of Knowledge Creation

Personal Characteristics and Ways of Knowing

Knowledge Structures and Disciplinary Learning Spaces

The knowledge Structures of Experiential Learning

Part III: Learning and Development

Chapter 6 The Experiential Learning Theory of Development

Learning and Development as Transactions between Person and Environment

Differentiation and Integration in Development

Unilinear vs. Multilinear Development

The Experiential Learning Theory of Development

Consciousness, Learning, and Development

Adaptation, Consciousness, and Development

Culture and Context

Individual Differences and Multilinear Development

Integration and Advanced Stages of Adult Development

Implications for Experiential Learning Theory Development Theory

Chapter 7 Learning and Development in Higher Education

Specialized Development and the Process of Accentuation

Undergraduate Student Development in a Technological University

Professional Education and Career Adaptation

A Comparative Study of Professional Education in Social Work and Engineering

Managing the Learning Process

Implications for Higher Education

Becoming an Experiential Educator

Chapter 8 Lifelong Learning and Integrative Development

Adaptive Flexibility and Integrative Development.

On Integrity and Integrative Knowledge

Lifelong Learning and the Learning Way

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographic references and index.

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Other Format:

0133892406

0133892409

ISBN:

9780133892505

0133892506

9780133892499

0133892492

9780133892406

OCLC:

1531321937