Kolb's Cycle of Experiential Learning
I want to share my recent experience in Experiential Teaching which I found to be very interesting and satisfying.
I gave an open ended exercise to my children to gather any interesting data they felt like.
I divided the children into various groups and encouraged them to think creatively about the data they would like to gather. I purposely did not provide any other guidance.
Groups came up with following options
1 Price list of fruits available in the local market
2 The number of people living on each floor of their chawl.
3 Price list of various brands of T.V.
4 The compositions of patients i.e. male ,female and children in the hospital opposite their chawl.
5 Different brands of chocolates and prices
Data collected by the groups was broadly on the following lines:
Price list of Fruits
1 dozen Apples - 120 Rs
1 Kg Oranges - 80 Rs.
1 Coconut - 15 Rs.
6 Bananas - 12 Rs.
No. of people living on each floor
Floor No. Of Rooms Male Female
Gr. Floor 22 12 20
1st floor 19 14 18
2 nd floor 20 15 20
Price list of T.V. Sets
Sony Rs.18,000
L.G. Rs. 25000
Samsung Rs.20,000
Sony Rs.25000
Chocolates
Perk 10 Rs.
Nestle Kitkat x Rs.
Dairy Milk
Five Star
When they collected this data we brainstormed how this data is useful to us.
1 We found in the data on price list of fruits that prices were not comparable as some were expressed in Kg and others in items or pieces etc.
2 Number of people living in the chawl
We found that while number of rooms on each floor is identical, the numbers reported by the students were different on each floor.
3 Total number of people according to their list were lower than the actual number living in the chawl.
I found out that the children reported lower number of people because some rooms were locked, some members went away for work and they omitted to visit some rooms as they did not keep track.
Price list of T.Vs
They collected varying prices of the same brand but did not correlate with respective sizes.
Similarly in case of chocolates the children did not correlate the prices with the packet sizes.
After the discussion I taught them how to go about the collection of data
Students realised that:
Data should be relevant.
Data should be authentic.
Data should be accurate.
Data should be comparable.
So according to Kolb's theory of experiential learning, learning takes place in four stages
1st stage - Concrete Experience
Students went out to collect data,this was their experience.
2nd stage - Reflective Observation
We brainstormed on the data collected
3rd stage - Abstract Conceptualisation
Students learnt what kind of data should be collected and how to collect the data.
4th Stage - Active Experimentation
Students planned the next activity on collecting data on how many cars,buses,taxies,motorcycles and scooters pass by on one side in 15 minutes.
They made their own tables.They made exact number of columns and rows.
I want to share my recent experience in Experiential Teaching which I found to be very interesting and satisfying.
I gave an open ended exercise to my children to gather any interesting data they felt like.
I divided the children into various groups and encouraged them to think creatively about the data they would like to gather. I purposely did not provide any other guidance.
Groups came up with following options
1 Price list of fruits available in the local market
2 The number of people living on each floor of their chawl.
3 Price list of various brands of T.V.
4 The compositions of patients i.e. male ,female and children in the hospital opposite their chawl.
5 Different brands of chocolates and prices
Data collected by the groups was broadly on the following lines:
Price list of Fruits
1 dozen Apples - 120 Rs
1 Kg Oranges - 80 Rs.
1 Coconut - 15 Rs.
6 Bananas - 12 Rs.
No. of people living on each floor
Floor No. Of Rooms Male Female
Gr. Floor 22 12 20
1st floor 19 14 18
2 nd floor 20 15 20
Price list of T.V. Sets
Sony Rs.18,000
L.G. Rs. 25000
Samsung Rs.20,000
Sony Rs.25000
Chocolates
Perk 10 Rs.
Nestle Kitkat x Rs.
Dairy Milk
Five Star
When they collected this data we brainstormed how this data is useful to us.
1 We found in the data on price list of fruits that prices were not comparable as some were expressed in Kg and others in items or pieces etc.
2 Number of people living in the chawl
We found that while number of rooms on each floor is identical, the numbers reported by the students were different on each floor.
3 Total number of people according to their list were lower than the actual number living in the chawl.
I found out that the children reported lower number of people because some rooms were locked, some members went away for work and they omitted to visit some rooms as they did not keep track.
Price list of T.Vs
They collected varying prices of the same brand but did not correlate with respective sizes.
Similarly in case of chocolates the children did not correlate the prices with the packet sizes.
After the discussion I taught them how to go about the collection of data
Students realised that:
Data should be relevant.
Data should be authentic.
Data should be accurate.
Data should be comparable.
So according to Kolb's theory of experiential learning, learning takes place in four stages
1st stage - Concrete Experience
Students went out to collect data,this was their experience.
2nd stage - Reflective Observation
We brainstormed on the data collected
3rd stage - Abstract Conceptualisation
Students learnt what kind of data should be collected and how to collect the data.
4th Stage - Active Experimentation
Students planned the next activity on collecting data on how many cars,buses,taxies,motorcycles and scooters pass by on one side in 15 minutes.
They made their own tables.They made exact number of columns and rows.
1 comment:
Thank you Sangita! This is a GREAT example of an Experiential Learning Plan :)
Teachers, we look forward to reading your reflections too!
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