Description
Book SynopsisWhat are the key ideas that underpin learning from experience? How do we learn from experience? How does context and purpose influence learning? How does experience impact on individual and group learning? How can we help others to learn from their experience?
"Using Experience for Learning" reflects current interest in the importance of experience in informal and formal learning, whether it be applied for course credit, new forms of learning in the workplace, or acknowledging autonomous learning outside educational institutions. It also emphasizes the role of personal experience in learning: ideas are not separate from experience; relationships and personal interests impact on learning; and emotions have a vital part to play in intellectual learning. All the contributors write themselves into their chapters, giving an autobiographical account of how their experiences have influenced their learning and what has led them to their current views and practice.
"Using Experi
Table of ContentsUnderstanding learning from experience
through the lens of learning - how the visceral experience of learning reframes teaching
putting the heart back into learning
activating internal processes in experiential learning
on becoming a maker of teachers
barriers to reflection on experience
unlearning through experience
experiential learning at a distance
learning from experience in mathematics
how the T-group changed my life - sociological perspectives on experiential groupwork
living the learning - internalizing our model of group learning
experiential learning and social transformation for a post-apartheid learning future
experiential learning or learning from experience - does it make a difference?
