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Eastern Experiential Learning: Eastern principles for learning wholeness
Although Experiential Learning Theory originated in the work of Western scholars, many of their theoretical principles have a decidedly Eastern orientation. In this essay we draw out these Eastern principles of experiential learning and suggest an Eastern perspective on learning wholeness in one’s life and career based on an ontological approach to adult development that [...]
The Learning Way: Learning from Experience as the Path to Learning and Development
Lifelong learning requires the ability to learn from life experiences. This chapter describes the theory of experiential learning whereby knowledge is generated from experience through a cycle of learning driven by the resolution of dual dialectics of action/reflection and experience/abstraction. We provide an overview of stylistic preferences that arise from patterns of choosing among these [...]
On Becoming a Learner: The Concept of Learning Identity
David Justice was dedicated to learning in both his professional and personal life. We are privileged to have been his friend and to share the joy of living that his love of learning brought. He was for us a model of someone for whom learning was “a way of being”. So it is fitting that [...]
The Learning Flexibility Index: Assessing Contextual Flexibility in Learning Style
This chapter describes the concept of learning flexibility in Experiential Learning Theory and its relationship to integrative learning and adult development. The Learning Flexibility Index (LFI), an improvement over previous measures of learning flexibility, is introduced. We introduce a new measure for calculating learning flexibility based on the Kendall’s Coefficient of Concordance or W. Construct [...]
Enhancing Deep Learning: Lessons from the introduction of learning teams in management education in France
In this essay we describe our efforts to deepen graduate management student learning through the use of learning teams based on the concepts of dialogue, mentoring and experiential learning. Student learning teams led by faculty learning managers were introduced in the experiential, competency based curriculum of a European business school. Evaluations of the team learning [...]
Mindfulness and Experiential Learning
Over the last forty years researchers from many different theoretical perspectives have discovered that individuals develop consistent, routinized approaches to learning called learning styles (Sims and Sims 2006). Learners use these learning “habits” to make sense of the world and adapt to it. But what happens when learners over‐routinize their learning styles? Are they missing [...]
The Socio-Cognitive Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Ideation
Gemmell, R. M., Boland R. J. & Kolb, D. A. 2011, Entrepreneurial Theory and Practice, DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2011.00486.x. Pdf, 21 Pages.
Entrepreneurs need creative ideas to develop innovative new products. We interviewed 32 technology entrepreneurs to generate a grounded theory about how technology entrepreneurs use social behaviors, techniques and cognitive processes to attain, develop, refine, validate and filter (for usefulness) creative ideas for successful new products, processes or services. The results reveal a complex, cyclical and [...]