SLEStructured Learning

Experience

Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle

1.concrete experience

instructionsactionsreactionseffects

all part of the activity:

contribute to experience of participantsmost importantly, they experience it for

themselves. (rather than taught or learned from a book)

[SLE proper]

2. observation and reflection

[processing]

• observing what happened during the SLE

• actions, reactions, effects

• reflecting on the relationship between them• understanding the situation

ASK: ObjectiveReflective

what?

- what happened, what did you do, what did you not do

3. forming abstract concepts• generalizing concepts

• the bigger picture

• principles from the real world

ASK: Interpretativeso what?

- now that you know what happened and why it happened, what did you learn?

4. testing in new situations• relating generalized concepts to future real-life situations

• applying to context

ASK: Decisional- now that you have learned, how are you going to apply it?

The Facilitator’s Role in the SLEclarify instructions.keep track of time.- again, conscious but not rushingwhile the participants focus on the task, you focus on the process and the people.- while they are focused on performing the activity, answering your questions and thinking, you focus on where the discussion is headed, on the progress of the groupkeep them going!summarize and synthesize.