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The Experiential Learning Theory
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The Theorist: David Kolb An American educational theorist born in 1939 Kolb earned his BA from Knox College in 1961 and his MA and Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1964 and 1967 respectively, in social psychology He is mainly credited for his experiential learning model (ELM) and his learning style inventory (LSI)
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Experiential Learning Model Four stages 1) Concrete Experience 2) Reflective Observation 3) Abstract Conceptualization 4) Active Experimentation
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Learning Style Inventory Uses the ELT “stages” as “styles” Combines one’s top two styles to create 4 unique styles: 1) Diverging (CE/RO) 2) Assimilating (AC/RO) 3) Converging (AC/AE) 4) Accommodating (CE/AE)
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Let’s Try it! Although one can start with any of the 4 stages, the experiential learning cycle usually starts with an experience On the next slide we will start an experiment that will serve as the Concrete Experience After the experiment is over we will apply it to the other 3 stages of Kolb’s ELT
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The Rising Water Experiment Purpose: To observe what happens when one lights a candle that is sitting in about one centimeter of water and extinguishes it with a test tube Materials: Petri dish, candle, matches, colored water, test tube
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The Rising Water Experiment, cont. Directions Light the candle and drip a few drops of wax in the center of the Petri dish Quickly stand the candle up on the hot wax and release Pour about one centimeter of water into the dish Extinguish the candle with the test tube (be sure to quickly lower the tube over the candle and set it on the base of the dish all in one motion) Write down as many observations as you can
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The Rising Water Experiment Video The video will illustrate how technology can be used to increase our powers of observation During the video, take careful note to see if you observe anything different from when you performed the experiment yourself…
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ELT and the Rising Water Experiment Now, let’s apply Kolb’s ELT to our experiment: 1) Concrete Experience 2) Reflective Observation 3) Abstract Conceptualization 4) Active Experimentation
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How was your experience? Questions? Comments?
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