Post on 18-Jan-2018
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“Experiential LearningFor DCP Students”
The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly
Dr. Elaine AhumadaDean, College of Professional Studies
Four Important Questions
What does it mean to learn from experience?
What does it involve?
What is the role of an instructor?
Is it effective?
Experiential Learning for Adults means:
Informal (planned & intentional) and incidental (meaning making) learning
Self-directed learning Working knowledge Practical intelligence Situational learning
For adults it means particular theories and practices based onreflection on concrete experience (Michelson, 1996).
kinesthetic, conscious, and unconscious among subjects, texts and contexts
Theory of Experiential Learning
Constructivism(Piaget 1966; Von Glaserfeld 1984;
Vygotsky 1978; Wells 1995)cognitive reflection upon concrete
experience through: holistic experiences
critical reflection coaching /mentoring in the midst
assessing the experience
“Learning by Doing”
John Dewey (1938) Experience and Education :“Continuity” and “Interactions” are two main ingredients for success
Boud, Cohen, Walker (1993) “Engagement is key”
Reeve & Gallacher (1999)“Experience as a starting point for learning has the potential to erode traditional boundaries between knowledge and skills, vocational and academic learning and across disciplines”
What does it involve?
David Kolb (1984) provides one of the most useful descriptive models of the situative adult learning process
available (inspired by the work of Kurt Lewin)
Role of the Instructor
Orientations/Perspectives
Psychoanalytic-unconscious dimensions Situative – individual/community of practice Critical/cultural- social transformation Enactivist- human action, orgs, culture, nature
Criticisms Are instructors “managing” adults? What is an identifiable “concrete experience? Do instructors control the “desired” knowledge? Is there any agreement regarding definition of
“knowledge” and “learning”? What is the role of power and language? What are the conceptualizations of desired
learning outcomes? EL is neither neutral nor innocent “Not all experience educates”
Questions of Validity
Class discussion, reading, analysis, reflection
Educator assists in connecting the dots (expertise required)
Points to consider
Accredited learning for progression or
employment: APL, APEL, PLA, RPL Challenge higher and continuing education
schools and curriculum Focusing on social change Focusing on individual development Curriculum and instruction surveys Idea of knowledge by acquaintance vs. knowledge
about something
Questions/Comments
Thank you!
Elaine Ahumadaeahumada@calbaptist.edu