Youth use the skills learned in parts of their lives
Youth Connect the discussion to the larger world
Youth do before being shown how
Youth relate the experience to the learning objectives (life skills and/or subject matter)
Youth describe results of the experience and their reactions
Do
Apply
Reflect
1
Experience
the
activity:
Perform
it,
do it
2
Share
results,
reactions, and
observations publicly
5
Apply
what
was learned to a similar
or different situation,
practice
3
Process
discussing,
looking
at
the experience, analyzing,
reflecting
4
Generalize
to
connect the experience
to real world
examples
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The Experiential Learning Cycle After John Dewey and David Kolb
Concrete Experience
Reflective Observation
Abstract Generalization
Active Experimentation
Coordinated Action
Joint Action
Shared Meaning
Public Reflection
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More
Reflective
More Concrete
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The Group Team Learning Cycle
Experiential Learning Theory: Rogers,
Dewey, Kolb
Arranged
by Gordon Vessels 2005