Experiential Learning by Kolb, David A. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

About This eBook Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Page Contents Foreword About the Author Preface

The Plan for This Revised Edition

Introduction

What Is Experiential Learning? Experiential Learning Theory Research Today

Part I: Experience and Learning

2. The Process of Experiential Learning

Three Models of the Experiential Learning Process Characteristics of Experiential Learning Summary: A Definition of Learning Update and Reflections The Learning Cycle and the Learning Spiral Understanding the Learning Cycle The Learning Spiral

Part II: The Structure of Learning and Knowledge

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 Update and Reflections Experiential Learning and the Brain James Zull and the Link between the Learning Cycle and Brain Functioning My Brain Made Me Do It?

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 Update and Reflections Individuality, the Self, and Learning Style Western and Eastern Views of the Self Experiential Learning and the Self Learning Style

5. The Structure of Knowledge

Part III: Learning and Development

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 Update and Reflections Culture and Context Individual Differences and Multilinear Development Integration and Advanced Stages of Adult Development Implications for Experiential Learning Theory Development Theory

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 Update and Reflections Becoming an Experiential Educator

8. Lifelong Learning and Integrative Development

Adaptive Flexibility and Integrative Development On Integrity and Integrative Knowledge Update and Reflections Lifelong Learning and the Learning Way

Bibliography Index