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Making Sense of Adult Learning: Experiential Learning
Author(s) -
White Lawrence A.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
new horizons in adult education and human resource development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1939-4225
DOI - 10.1002/nha3.10232
Subject(s) - experiential learning , psychology , adult learning , action learning , mathematics education , pedagogy , adult education , cooperative learning , teaching method
Eduard Lindeman has described learning, when combined with action, as having the qualities to enrich and solidify an experience. By engaging in a practice of learning through action, he states that “life itself becomes a perpetual experience of learning” (Keregero, 1989, p. 196). Building on this concept, a host of theorists and researchers working in the field of experiential learning have been establishing a foundation for the field and providing a stepping‐stone from which to evolve into the future. This paper explores the current state of affairs in the field of experiential learning.