The substance beneath the labels of experiential learning: The importance of John Dewey for outdoor educators.

Ord, Jon and Leather, Mark (2011) The substance beneath the labels of experiential learning: The importance of John Dewey for outdoor educators. Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 15 (2). pp. 13-23.

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Abstract

This paper recommends a reconceptualisation of “experience learning”. It is premised on a belief that the simplistic learning cycle is problematic and moreover is an oversimplified interpretation of Kolb’s original model of experiential learning. We argue that to understand experiential learning fully a return to the original theoretical conceptualisation by John Dewey is necessary. Importantly Dewey conceives of an experience, and therefore the learning that results from it, as a transaction between the individual and their environment and is therefore a consequence of their ‘trying’ and ‘undergoing’ within that experience. Dewey also emphasises the importance of ‘meaning’ within experiential learning, something not fully accounted for within the simplified model. We argue that with an appreciation of Dewey the full eotential of learning by, and through, the experience of outdoor education can be maximised and the full meaning of that exprience explored.

Item Type:	Article
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Depositing User:	Mrs Sharon Holley
Date Deposited:	12 Nov 2013 15:41
Last Modified:	10 Dec 2020 11:57
URI:	https://marjon.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/6290

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