Experiential Learning & Teaching in Higher Education
Abstract
This paper reveals an interconnectedness of three unrelated free-standing but validated models: Kolb’s model of experiential learning, Hidi and Renninger’s model of interest development, and National Research Council’s ecological framework of an experience. The physical, academic, and social aspects define the quality of the experience. The interest stimulated by the experience drives Kolb’s learning cycle. The learning cycle will continue as long as interest is maintained. Together, these three models describe the quality of the experience, the cyclic processing of the experience to create knowledge, and the force driving the cycle.
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Recommended Citation
Behrendt, Marc and Machtmes, Krisanna
(2021)
"Exploring the Catalyst Energizing the Kolb Learning Cycle,"
Experiential Learning & Teaching in Higher Education: Vol. 4:
No.
1, Article 11.
Available at:
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/elthe/vol4/iss1/11