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Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development, Second Edition

by David Kolb

December 2014

Beginner

416 pages

14h 43m

English

Pearson

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The Plan for This Revised Edition
What Is Experiential Learning?Experiential Learning Theory Research Today

Experiential Learning in Higher Education: The Legacy of John DeweyExperiential Learning in Training and Organization Development: The Contributions of Kurt LewinJean Piaget and the Cognitive-Development Tradition of Experiential LearningOther Contributions to Experiential Learning TheoryUpdate and ReflectionsFoundational Scholars of Experiential Learning TheoryLiminal ScholarsContributions to Experiential Learning
Three Models of the Experiential Learning ProcessCharacteristics of Experiential LearningSummary: A Definition of LearningUpdate and ReflectionsThe Learning Cycle and the Learning SpiralUnderstanding the Learning CycleThe Learning Spiral
Process and Structure in Experiential LearningThe Prehension Dimension-Apprehension Versus ComprehensionThe Transformation Dimension-Intention and ExtensionSummaryUpdate and ReflectionsExperiential Learning and the BrainJames Zull and the Link between the Learning Cycle and Brain FunctioningMy Brain Made Me Do It?
The Scientific Study of IndividualityLearning Styles as Possibility-Processing StructuresAssessing Individual Learning Styles: The Learning Style InventoryEvidence for the Structure of LearningCharacteristics of the Basic Learning StylesSummary and ConclusionUpdate and ReflectionsIndividuality, the Self, and Learning StyleWestern and Eastern Views of the SelfExperiential Learning and the SelfLearning Style
Apprehension vs. Comprehension—A Dual-Knowledge TheoryThe Dialectics of Apprehension and ComprehensionThe Structure of Social Knowledge: World HypothesesSummarySocial Knowledge as Living Systems of Inquiry—The Relation between the Structure of Knowledge and Fields of Inquiry and EndeavorUpdate and ReflectionsThe Spiral of Knowledge CreationPersonal Characteristics and Ways of KnowingKnowledge Structures and Disciplinary Learning SpacesThe Knowledge Structures of Experiential Learning
Learning and Development as Transactions between Person and EnvironmentDifferentiation and Integration in DevelopmentUnilinear vs. Multilinear DevelopmentThe Experiential Learning Theory of DevelopmentConsciousness, Learning, and DevelopmentAdaptation, Consciousness, and DevelopmentUpdate and ReflectionsCulture and ContextIndividual Differences and Multilinear DevelopmentIntegration and Advanced Stages of Adult DevelopmentImplications for Experiential Learning Theory Development Theory
Specialized Development and the Process of AccentuationUndergraduate Student Development in a Technological UniversityProfessional Education and Career AdaptationA Comparative Study of Professional Education in Social Work and EngineeringManaging the Learning ProcessImplications for Higher EducationUpdate and ReflectionsBecoming an Experiential Educator
Adaptive Flexibility and Integrative DevelopmentOn Integrity and Integrative KnowledgeUpdate and ReflectionsLifelong Learning and the Learning Way