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• Articles and critiques of David Kolb's theory

  By Tom Pickles - Many of us engaged in professional learning have a broad understanding of the work of David Kolb. His highly influential book entitled 'Experiential Learning: Experience as the source of learning and development' was first published in 1984 since when his ideas have had a dramatic impact on the design and development of lifelong learning models. Of course, David Kolb's work can be traced back to that famous dictum of Confucius around 450 BC: "Tell me, and I will forget. Show me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I will understand." This article aims to help you explore the development of experiential learning from its original proposal into some of its current refinements and applications today, using the World Wide Web (the Internet) as a vast reference library. Excellent balanced approach to Kolb's work. (Added: 23-Feb-2010 Hits: 78 )

• bruce w. tuckman - forming,storming, norming and performing in groups

  By na - Forming, storming, norming and performing - developmental sequence in groups is the common, if perhaps simplistic model of group development, that Bruce Tuckman is best known for. Here more information about the man. (Added: 19-Jan-2010 Hits: 59 )

• Michael Polanyi and tacit knowledge

  By na - Michael Polanyi helped to deepen our appreciation of the contribution of 'tacit knowing' to the generation of new understandings and social and scientific discovery. We briefly explore his relevance to educators. (Added: 14-Jan-2010 Hits: 58 )

• Jerome Bruner and the Process of Education

  By na - Jerome Bruner has made a profound contribution to our appreciation of the process of education and to the development of curriculum theory. We explore his work and draw out some important lessons for informal educators and those concerned with the practice of lifelong learning. Bruner is relatively unknown within the field of training, and is much more closely linked to education and cognition. (Added: 14-Jan-2010 Hits: 62 )

• David A. Kolb - Experiential Learning

  By na - David A. Kolb's model of experiential learning can be found in many discussions of the theory and practice of adult education, informal education and lifelong learning. We set out the model, and examine its possibilities and problems. (Added: 14-Jan-2010 Hits: 72 )

• Paulo Freire and informal education

  By na - Perhaps the most influential thinker about education in the late twentieth century, Paulo Freire has been particularly popular with informal educators with his emphasis on dialogue and his concern for the oppressed. (Added: 14-Jan-2010 Hits: 90 )

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