Experiential learning

Abstract

In an article in the October issue I described the Four Letter Word Game as a ‘structured experience’, and such devices in general were spoken of as a half‐way‐house on the road to experiential learning proper. Their great benefit is that they get students accustomed to certain ideas, these are: • That every individual has a personal collection of values, attitudes and beliefs of which he is largely unaware but which exert a great influence upon his behaviour. • That these things can be consciously studied, provided that the climate of opinion is right. • That there can be major advantages following from such study. Structured experiences are one method of introducing students to what could be called ‘the submerged world of behaviour’.

Citation

ELGOOD ASSOCIATES, C. (1976), "Experiential learning", Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. 8 No. 12, pp. 478-481. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb003580