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Meletiadou, Eleni – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2023
To prepare their students for the increasingly demanding workplace of the 21st century, business schools resort to using experiential learning techniques to make explicit connections between knowledge and experiences students already have, encouraging them to make their own interpretations. In this case study, 50 multilingual students participated…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Le Cornu, Alison – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2017
Both Jarvis and theories of Christian Religious Education (CRE) emphasise that learning develops the whole person, yet they differ in their understandings of how and why this is the case. Jarvis's experiential learning theory begins "from below" with experience, whereas many approaches of CRE begin with the end result: individuals…
Descriptors: Christianity, Religious Education, Mentors, Self Concept
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Trehan, Kiran; Rigg, Clare – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
This article seeks to develop the understanding of critical action learning (CAL) and to make a contribution to its theory and practice. The article begins by conceptualising critical action learning and builds on the work of Revans (1982) to stimulate fresh thinking. It provides a different calibration of his coupling of action and learning. An…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Theory Practice Relationship, Concept Formation, Program Descriptions
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Mackay, Fiona – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2012
This article explores the ways in which senior leaders in the learning and skills sector understand learning leadership and the influence on shaping their practice through the lens of senior leaders participating in a leadership programme. The article examines the extent to which personal theories of leadership are formed from our earliest…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training, Management Development, Educational Theories
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Duncan, Ishbel; Miller, Alan; Jiang, Shangyi – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
Virtual worlds are an important tool in modern education practices as well as providing socialisation, entertainment and a laboratory for collaborative work. This paper focuses on the uses of virtual worlds for education and synthesises over 100 published academic papers, reports and educational websites from around the world. A taxonomy is then…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Computer Simulation, Simulation
Golding, Barry – Adults Learning, 2011
The "men's sheds" movement is a grassroots phenomenon that has engaged and inspired men from communities across Australia in hands-on, workshop-based social activity. This article seeks to "unwrap" one of several forms of learning that have been found to be enthusiastically embraced by older men previously thought of, almost…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Transformative Learning, Foreign Countries, Social Isolation
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Butler, Michael J. R.; Gheorghiu, Lidia – Education & Training, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate how a UK business school is addressing the Government's skills strategy through its Graduate Certificate in Management, and to identify good practice and development needs and to clarify how the Graduate Certificate is adapting to the needs of Generation X and Millennial students. The paper also…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Student Attitudes, Focus Groups, Experiential Learning
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Vince, Russ – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2008
This paper seeks to improve our understanding of the emotional and political dynamics that are generated (and too often avoided) in action learning. The idea at the centre of the paper is a distinction between "learning-in-action" and "learning inaction". The phrase "learning-in-action" represents the value of action…
Descriptors: Health Services, Experiential Learning, Models, Learning Theories
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Lawless, Aileen – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2008
This paper explores how students made sense of the learning that occurred within a Masters educational programme (an MA in Human Resource Development), a programme informed by the ideals of critical action learning and critically reflective practice. Theoretically the paper develops links between communities of practice theory and critical action…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Human Resources, Graduate Study, Critical Theory
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White, David; Le Cornu, Alison – Educational Research, 2010
Background: Many of the potential benefits of using virtual worlds for teaching and learning are difficult to define and often become overly focused on the functionality of the technology or on its ability to support informal or "social" forms of learning. Purpose: The aim of the paper is to highlight the experiential nature of virtual…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Learning Theories, Lifelong Learning, Pilot Projects
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Whitelegg, Elizabeth; Parry, Malcolm – Physics Education, 1999
Examines the issue of learning physics content through real-life contexts. Considers two projects--one from the United Kingdom, the other from Australia--that use a context-based learning approach. (Author/CCM)
Descriptors: Context Effect, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Fuller, Alison; Unwin, Lorna – Journal of Education and Work, 2003
Situated learning theory provides a rich conceptual framework for analysing the processes by which apprentices become (full) participants in a community of practice. This article uses case study evidence from the UK's Modern Apprenticeship programme to show how this framework can be developed by identifying features of expansive and restrictive…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Apprenticeships, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
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Weller, M. J.; Hopgood, A. A. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 1997
Artificial Intelligence for Technology, a distance learning course at the Open University, is based on a learning model that combines conceptualization, construction, and dialog. This allows a practical emphasis which has been difficult to implement in distance education. The course uses commercial software, real-world-based assignments, and a…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Course Descriptions, Distance Education, Engineering Education
Davies, Gareth – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Leadership, 1992
Discusses the components of outdoor education and its potential as an ideal context in which experiential learning can take place. Touches heavily on spirituality, which is seen to be fundamentally concerned with relationships between ourselves and others, the earth, and God. Promotes outdoor education as a vehicle for discovering what life has to…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Elementary Education, Essays, Experiential Learning
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Hughes, Martin; Pollard, Andrew – Educational Review, 2006
This paper provides an overview of the Home-School Knowledge Exchange Project and an introduction to this special issue on home-school knowledge exchange. The paper starts by situating the project within a number of contexts--those of UK educational research, national and international interest in home-school relationships, national and local…
Descriptors: Family School Relationship, Literacy, Numeracy, Elementary Secondary Education
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