Experiential Learning Theory

(Carl Rogers)
Presented by Foo Jiann Wui

Confucius (450 BCE)

Tell me, I will forget. Show me, I may remember. Involve me, and I will understand.

Carl Rogers

Experience is, for me, the highest authority. The touchstone of validity is my own experience. No other persons ideas, and none of my own ideas, are as authoritative as my experience. It is to experience that I must return again and again, to discover a closer approximation to truth as it is in the process of becoming in me.

Rogers recognized 2 types learning styles

Cognitive
Memorizing facts

Experiential
Doing and experiencing

The Way People Start Learning

Human beings have a natural potentiality to learn Significant learning occurs when the learner perceives the relevance of the subject matter Learning is facilitated when the learner participates responsibly in the learning process Self-initiated learning is acquired by doing

Principles of Experiential Learning

Independence, creativity and self-reliance are all facilitated Self-criticism and self-evaluation are basic Retaining and openness to experience "Learning during the process of learning"

Experiential Learning Cycle

Plan

Review

Do

Experiential Learning Cycle

Plan -Set a goal -Decide the activities to achieve the goal -Decide expected learning outcomes Do -Engaging Activities -Self-directed learning

Experiential Learning Cycle

Review -Check the effectiveness -Compare the actual outcomes with the expected outcomes

Experiential Learning Cycle

What do you want to learn? How do you going to learn?

Plan
Why are these happened? How come?

No questions! Just do it!

Review

Do

Implementation
- Can be a highly effective educational method - Learner should involve in the whole learning wheel - A fun learning environment helps the learner to retain the lessons for a longer period - May apply on teaching, experimenting and even gaming

New skills
Team management Communication skill Leadership

New way of thinking New attitudes

References
1. Jarvis, P. (2006). Towards A Comprehensive Theory of Human Learning. New York, New York: Routledge. 2. Kirschenbaum, H. (2004). Carl Rogers's Life and Work: An Assessment on the 100th Anniversary of His Birth. Journal of Counseling & Development. 3. Neil, J. (2004). Experiential Learning cycle - Overview of 9 Experiential Learning Cycle models. From http://www.wilderdom.com/experiential/elc/Experiential LearningCycle.htm