Exploring an Experiential Learning Project through Kolb's Learning Theory Using a Qualitative Research Method

Autor/in	Chan, Cecilia Ka Yuk
Titel	Exploring an Experiential Learning Project through Kolb's Learning Theory Using a Qualitative Research Method
Quelle	In: European Journal of Engineering Education, 37 (2012) 4, S.405-415 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0304-3797
DOI	10.1080/03043797.2012.706596
Schlagwörter	Learning Theories; Cognitive Style; Qualitative Research; Focus Groups; Experiential Learning; Learning Processes; Foreign Countries; Learning Experience; Teaching Methods; Interviews; Engineering Education; Children; Science Education; Higher Education; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Qualitative Forschung; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Learning process; Lernprozess; Ausland; Lernerfahrung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ingenieurausbildung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	Experiential learning pedagogy is taking a lead in the development of graduate attributes and educational aims as these are of prime importance for society. This paper shows a community service experiential project conducted in China. The project enabled students to serve the affected community in a post-earthquake area by applying their knowledge and skills. This paper documented the students' learning process from their project goals, pre-trip preparations, work progress, obstacles encountered to the final results and reflections. Using the data gathered from a focus group interview approach, the four components of Kolb's learning cycle, the concrete experience, reflection observation, abstract conceptualisation and active experimentation, have been shown to transform and internalise student's learning experience, achieving a variety of learning outcomes. The author will also explore how this community service type of experiential learning in the engineering discipline allowed students to experience deep learning and develop their graduate attributes. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10