Experiential Learning Theory (Carl Rogers)

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Experiential Learning Theory(Carl Rogers)

• Presented by
• Foo Jiann Wui

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Centuries ago from now
Confucius (450 BCE)
Tell me, I will forget. Show me, I may
remember. Involve me, and I will understand.
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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.
Come back to the modern
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Rogers recognized
2 types
learning styles
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• Cognitive
• Memorizing facts

• Experiential
• Doing and experiencing

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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

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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"

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Experiential Learning Cycle
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Experiential Learning Cycle

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

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Experiential Learning Cycle

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

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Experiential Learning Cycle
What do you want to learn? How do you going to
learn?
Why are these happened? How come?
No questions! Just do it!
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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

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• New skills
• Team management
• Communication skill
• Leadership
• New way of thinking
• New attitudes

What you will gain?
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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/Exp
   erientialLearningCycle.htm