Experiential+learning

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**"**You teach some by what you say, teach more by what you do, but most of all, you teach most by who you are**."** According to [|David Kolb], an American educational theorist, knowledge is continuously gained through both personal and environmental experiences. [|[4]] He states that in order to gain genuine knowledge from an experience, certain abilities are required: __[|David A. Kolb] __ helped to popularize the idea of experiential learning drawing heavily on the work of [|John Dewey] and [|Jean Piaget].
 * 1) the learner must be willing to be actively involved in the experience;
 * 2) the learner must be able to reflect on the experience;
 * 3) the learner must possess and use analytical skills to conceptualize the experience; and
 * 4) the learner must possess decision making and problem solving skills in order to use the new ideas gained from the experience.[|University of Texas Learning Center - Handouts]

Experiential Learning Model Lewin/Kolb with adaptations by Moon and Zull Concrete experience Observations and reflections Formation of abstract concepts and generalizations Testing implications of concepts in new situations (Kolb, 1984, p.21) Try out what you have learned Learn from the experience Reflect on the experience Have an experience Outside Inside