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Baker, Marshall A.; Robinson, J. Shane; Kolb, David A. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2012
Experiential learning has been a foundational tenant of agricultural education since its inception. However, the theory of experiential education has received limited attention in the permanent agricultural education literature base. As such, this philosophical manuscript examined Kolb's experiential learning process further, and considered the…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Agricultural Education, Learning Theories, Models
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Su, Ya-Hui – Studies in Continuing Education, 2007
This paper considers the bottom-up vision of the learning society. Unlike the top-down approach, the bottom-up approach does not start by specifying the purposes of learning which should direct the development of the learning society, but from observing interactions among learning individuals as agents. While in the relevant literature and…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Active Learning, Synthesis, Holistic Evaluation
Parker, Sarah J. – 1983
The teaching of decision-making, problem-solving, and higher-order thinking skills is necessary to ensure adaptability to our world of accelerated change. Living skills in the technology and information age will include the understanding and application of higher level thinking skills, which will be the educational "basics" of tomorrow.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Convergent Thinking, Creative Thinking
Chalofsky, Neal E. – 2001
A workshop was conducted to give participants an opportunity to explore how to apply a different paradigm for learning in organizations. The workshop agenda was as follows: presentation of the theory and supporting research; experiential activities to apply the paradigm in academic and organizational settings; small group discussion aimed at…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Learning, Diffusion (Communication), Educational Research
Perry, Sally-Anne – 2000
A practitioner's model of the processes of learning and knowing was developed through a review of global, societal, individual, and personal perspectives on learning. The first phase of the model's development consisted of using a method of exploration based on determining who, what, where, when, why, and how to investigate the following 10…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Andragogy, Associative Learning