Background
Kolb, David Allen was born on December 12, 1939 in Moline, Illinois, United States. Son of John August and Ethel May (Petherbridge) Kolb.
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Experiential learning is a powerful and proven approach to teaching and learning that is based on one incontrovertible reality: people learn best through experience. Now, in this extensively updated book, David A. Kolb offers a systematic and up-to-date statement of the theory of experiential learning and its modern applications to education, work, and adult development. Experiential Learning, Second Edition builds on the intellectual origins of experiential learning as defined by figures such as John Dewey, Kurt Lewin, Jean Piaget, and L.S. Vygotsky, while also reflecting three full decades of research and practice since the classic first edition. Kolb models the underlying structures of the learning process based on the latest insights in psychology, philosophy, and physiology. Building on his comprehensive structural model, he offers an exceptionally useful typology of individual learning styles and corresponding structures of knowledge in different academic disciplines and careers. Kolb also applies experiential learning to higher education and lifelong learning, especially with regard to adult education. This edition reviews recent applications and uses of experiential learning, updates Kolb's framework to address the current organizational and educational landscape, and features current examples of experiential learning both in the field and in the classroom. It will be an indispensable resource for everyone who wants to promote more effective learning: in higher education, training, organizational development, lifelong learning environments, and online.
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Kolb, David Allen was born on December 12, 1939 in Moline, Illinois, United States. Son of John August and Ethel May (Petherbridge) Kolb.
AB cum laude, Knox College, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1967. Doctor of Science (honorary), University New Hampshire, 1984.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), International Management Center, Buckingham, 1988. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Franklin University, 1994. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), State University of New York, 1996.
Assistant professor organizational psychology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1965-1970;
associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1970-1975;
professor organizational behavior and management, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, since 1976;
deWindt Professor Leadership and Enterprise Development Weatherhead School Management, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1992-1997;
department chairman, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1984-1990. Visiting professor management London Graduate School Business, 1971. Director Development Research Associates, 1966-1980.
Management consultant, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan.
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( Despite conflicting belief systems and other divisive p...)
(The Kolb Learning Style Inventory, version 3.1, single co...)
Member American Psychological Association, International Association Applied Social Scientists (charter), Society Intercultural Education, Training and Research (charter), Council Advancement of Experiential Learning (Research Excellence award 1984, Morris T. Keaton Adult and Experiental Learning award 1991), National Center on Adult Learning (county member since 1988).
Married Alice Yoko; 1 son, Jonathan Demian.
