Chapter 6 Experiential Learning
An Overview
Experiential learning is not the idea that photography students inherently learn by doing. âItâs often said that experience is the best teacher. But it isnât true. Experience, by itself, doesnât teach anything. Experience makes it possible to learn . . . but only if you actively engage and reflect on itâ (Witt, 2012). The term experiential learning, according to educational theorist David Kolb, more describes an idealized, holistic process that students go through in order to achieve higher levels of thinking through relevant, meaningful learning experiences.
Within Kolbâs model, the study of photography can clearly be understood as stages of an experiential learning process. Based on learning ...
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