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 person’s 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
Experiential
Memorizing facts
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?
Review
No questions!
Just do it!
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