Experiential Learning - Meaning, Forms, Benefits, Origins, Model and Benefits (Management 80)
Experiential Learning refers to the process of engaging the learner and providing him with a platform that will felicitate learning. Experiential Learning is an active process and not a passive one as it requires the first-hand experience. Experiential Learning in School Experiential Learning in School refers to an immersive and active approach that will engage and involve learners of every experience, background, and age. Kolb’s Experiential Learning Model Kolb’s Experiential Learning Model refers to it as a continuous process and states that knowledge is the result of experience. The Cycle of Experiential Learning 1. Experience Refers to first-hand personal and professional experience that proves informational and educational for a learner. 2. Reflective Observation Refers to thinking so that a person can learn from the experience. It is an opportunity to view both benefits and downsides and see things differently 3. Abstract Conceptualization This phase helps to understand what can be done to improve personal and professional lives 4. Active Experimentation This phase puts the ideas to test by implementing the action plan in the real world Elements of Experiential Learning 1. The learner must be proactive 2. Think over the experience 3. Employ analytical skills to ideate the experience 4. Employ the new ideas learned through experience Benefits of Experiential Learning - Real-world experience - Improved work experience - Boost creativity Forms of Experiential Learning 1. Studying in a foreign country 2. Working in the field 3. Community-based studies 4. Clinical Learning 5. Learning from service 6. Internships Difference between Experiential Learning & Traditional Classroom Traditional Classroom Experiential Learning Learners receive the same treatment Depends upon capabilities and learning styles The flow of information is one-way The Flow of information is two-way The pressure is on the student The pressure is on both the student and the teacher Slow learning Quick learning This video is on Experiential Learning and it has the following sub-topics. Time Stamps 0:00 Introduction 00:21 Definition of Experiential Learning 00:36 What is Experiential Learning? 01:08 Origin of Experiential Learning 01:36 Experiential Learning in School 01:50 Kolb's Experiential Learning Model 04:22 Benefits of Experiential Learning 04:53 Forms of Experiential Learning 05:20 Difference between Experiential Learning & Traditional Classroom