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College/University Websites and Articles on 
Experiential Learning:

Harvard Business School Students Immersed in Experiential Learning 
January Program Takes MBAs across the Globe, from Silicon Valley to China

5 Experiential Learning MBA programs that you should know
Describes five prestigious Experiential Learning business programs

Experiential Learning: A Continuing Priority
Stanford Graduate School of Business: reflection on three events involved in experiential learning

Harvard adjust MBA Program to Changing Times
Harvard has joined several business schools with the announcement that they too will be adjusting their MBA curriculum, a shift largely geared toward accommodating an increasingly diverse student population.
By John A Byrne, contributor

Office of Experiential Learning at MIT
Website details the diverse programs and learning opportunities offered for MIT undergraduate students.

Yale Law School - Clinics and Experiential Learning
About 80% of Yale Law students take advantage of combining theory with practice.

Books to Read on Experiential Learning

Assessing What Really Matters in Schools - Creating Hope for the Future 
by Ronad J. Newell and Mark J. Van Ryzin

Time for Action - Stop Teaching to the Test and Start Teaching Skills
by Scott D. Wurdinger

Leaving To Learn - How Out of School Learning Increases Student Motivation and Reduces Dropout Rates
by Elliot Washor and Charles Mojkowski


Using Experiential Learning in the Classroom - Practical Ideas for All Educators
by Scott D. Wurdinger


The Experiential Learning Toolkit - Blending Practice with Concepts
by Colin Beard

Finding your Element - How to Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life 
by Ken Robinson with Lou Aronica

21st Century Skills - Learning For Life In Our Times
by Bernie Trilling & Charles Fadel



Selected Publications on Experiential Learning - 
from Experience Based Learning Systems, Inc.

CURRENT STUDIES
  • Adaptive Flexibility: Testing Experiential Learning Theory of Development Mainemelis, C., Boyatzis, R., & Kolb, D. A. 2002, Management Learning, 33 (1):5-33. PDF, 29 Pages.

  • An Experiential Approach to Cross-Cultural Learning: A Review and Integration of Competencies for Successful Expatriate Adaptation Yamazaki, Y., and Kayes, D. C. 2004, Academy of Management Learning and Education, 3(4): 362-379 PDF, 47 Pages.

  • Are There Cultural Differences in Learning Style? Joy, S., Kolb, D. A. 2009, International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 33(1): 69-85. PDF, 18 Pages.

  • Conversation as Experiential Learning Kolb, D. A., Baker, A. C., & Jensen, P. J. 2002, In A. C. Baker, P. J. Jensen, D. A. Kolb and Associates, Conversational learning: An experiential approach to knowledge creation. Westport, Connecticut: Quorum. PDF, 26 Pages.

  • Deliberate Experiential Learning: Mastering the Art of Learning from Experience Kolb, D. A., & Yeganeh, B. 2012, In K. Elsbach, C. D. Kayes & A. Kayes (Eds.),Contemporary Organizational Behavior in Action (1st Edition ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education. PDF, 12 Pages.

  • Designing Learning Eickmann, P., Kolb, A., & Kolb, D. A. 2004, Designing learning. In R. J. Boland & F. Collopy (Eds.), Managing as designing (pp. 241-247). Stanford: Stanford University Press. PDF, 10 Pages.

  • Eastern Experiential Learning: Eastern principles for learning wholeness Trinh, M. P. & Kolb, D. A. 2012, Journal of Career Planning and Adult Development, Special Issue “Recovering Craft: Holistic Work and Empowerment. William Charland, Guest Editor. PDF, 16 Pages.

  • Enhancing Deep Learning: Lessons from the introduction of learning teams in management education in France Borredon, L., Deffayet, S., Baker, A. C., Kolb, D. A. 2011, Journal of Management Education, 35(3): 324–350. PDF, 27 Pages.

  • Entrepreneurial Innovation as a Learning SystemGemmell R. M., Kolb, D. A., Somers A. 2012, PDF, 46 Pages.

  • Experiential Learning and Its Critics: Preserving the Role of Experience in Management Learning and Education Kayes, D. C. 2002, Academy of Management Learning and Education,1(2): 137-149. PDF, 38 Pages.

  • Experiential Learning in Teams Kayes, A., Kayes, D. C., & Kolb, D. A. 2005, Simulation and Gaming, 36(3):330-354 PDF, 45 Pages.

  • Experiential Learning Theory: A Dynamic, Holistic Approach to Management Learning, Education and Development Kolb, A., & Kolb, D. A. 2009, P. 42-68. The SAGES Handbook of Management Learning, Education and Development. Edited by S. J. Armstrong, and C. V. Fukami. PDF, 59 Pages.

  • Experiential Learning Theory: Previous Research and New Directions Kolb, D. A., Boyatzis, R., & Mainemelis, C. 2000, Prepared for R. J. Sternberg and and L. F. Zhang (Eds.), Perspectives on cognitive learning, and thinking styles. PDF, 40 Pages.

  • Learning Styles and Learning Spaces: Enhancing Experiential Learning in Higher Education Kolb, A. Y. & Kolb, D. A. 2005, Academy of Management Learning & Education, Vol. 4, No. 2, 193–212. PDF, 21 Pages.

  • Learning Styles and Typologies of Cultural Differences: A Theoretical and Empirical Comparison Yamzaki, Y. 2006, Journal of Intercultural Relations, 29(5):521-548 PDF, 53 Pages.

  • Learning to Play, Playing to Learn: A Case Study of a Ludic Learning Space Kolb, A., & Kolb, D. A. 2010, Journal of Organizational Change Management, 23(1): 26-50. PDF, 30 Pages.

  • Mindfulness and Experiential Learning Yaganeh, B. and Kolb, D. A. 2009, Working Paper, Department of Organizational Behavior, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University. PDF, 14 Pages.

  • Moving and Learning: Expanding Style and Increasing Flexibility Peterson, K. & DeCato, L. 2013, Working Paper 13-1 Experience Based Learning Systems PDF, 26 Pages.

  • On Becoming a Learner: The Concept of Learning Identity Kolb A. & Kolb, D. A. 2009, Essays on Adult Learning Inspired by the Life and Work of David O. Justice. Learning Never Ends. CAEL Forum and News 2009. P. 5-13. PDF, 11 Pages.

  • Performance, Learning and Growth as Modes of Growth and Adaptation Throughout Our Careers and Lives Boyatzis, R. E. and Kolb, D. A. 2000, In Murray A. Peiperl, Michael B. Arthur, Rob Goffee, and Timothy Morris (Eds.) Career Frontiers: New Conception of Working Lives. Centre for Organization Research London Business School. Oxford University Press. PDF, 14 Pages.

  • Socio-Cognitive Foundations of Entrepreneurial Venturing: Unpublished Ph. D Dissertation. Gemmell, R. M. 2013, Weatherhead School of Management, CWRU. PDF, 199 Pages.

  • The Evolution of a Conversational Learning Space Kolb, A. 2002, In A. C. Baker, P. J. Jensen, D. A. Kolb and Associates, Conversational learning: An experiential approach to knowledge creation. Westport, Connecticut:Quorum. PDF, 58 Pages.

  • The Learning Flexibility Index: Assessing Contextual Flexibility in Learning Style Sharma G., Kolb, D. A. 2010, Case Western Reserve University PDF, 30 Pages.

  • The Learning Way: Learning from Experience as the Path to Learning and Development Passarelli M. A., Kolb, D. A. 2009, Oxford Handbook of Lifelong Learning PDF, 37 Pages.

  • The Socio-Cognitive Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Ideation Gemmell, R. M., Boland R. J. & Kolb, D. A. 2011, Entrepreneurial Theory and Practice, DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2011.00486.x. PDF, 21 Pages.

  • Towards the Essence of Adult Experiential Learning: A Reading of the Theories of Knowles, Kolb, Mezirow, Revans and Schon Malinen, A. 2000, Sophi University of Jyvaskyla. PDF, 1 Page.

  • Using Experiential Learning Theory to Promote Student Learning and Development in Programs of Education AbroadPassarelli M. A., Kolb, D. A. 2012, In Michael Vande Berg, Michael Page, & Kris Lou (Eds.) Student Learning Abroad. Sterling, VA. PDF, 23 Pages.



EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING CLASSICS

  • Assessing Individuality in Learning: The Learning Skills Profile Boyatzis, R. E. & Kolb, D. A. 1991, Educational Psychology 11(3,4), 279-295. PDF, 17 Pages.

  • Beyond Specialization: The Quest for Integration in Midcareer Wolfe, D. M. and Kolb, D. A. 1980, In Brooklyn Derr (Ed.) Work, Family and the Career: New Frontiers in Theory and Research. New York: Praeger Publishers. (pp. 239-281) PDF, 22 Pages.

  • Experiential Learning: From Discourse Model to Conversation: Intervew with David Kolb Kolb, D. A. 1988, Lifelong Learning in Europe, 3, 148-153. PDF, 6 Pages.

  • From Learning Styles to Learning Skills: The Executive Skills Profile Boyatzis, R. & Kolb, D. A. 1995, Journal of Managerial Psychology, 10(5): 3-17. PDF, 15 Pages.

  • Integrity, Advanced Professional Development, and Learning Kolb, D. A. 1986, In S. Srivstva (Ed.), Executive Integrity. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. PDF, 12 Pages.

  • Learning Styles and Disciplinary Differences: Diverse Pathways Kolb, D. A. 1981, In A. Chickering (Ed.), The Modern American College. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. PDF, 25 Pages.

  • Management and Learning Process Kolb, D. A. 1976, California Management Review, 15(3): 20-31. PDF, 11 Pages.

  • Problem Management: Learning From Experience Kolb, D. A. 1983, Chapter 5. The Executive Mind. Srivastva, Suresh. San Francisco: Jossey Bass PDF, 35 Pages.

  • The Challenges of Advanced Professional Development Kolb, D. A. 1991, In Lois Lamdin (Ed.) The Council of Adult Development and Experiential Learning (CAEL). Chicago. PDF, 12 Pages.

  • The Learning Way: Meta-Cognitive Aspects of Experiential Learning. Simulation and Gaming. Kolb, A. Y. & Kolb, D. A. 2008, Simulation & Gaming. 40(3): 297-327. PDF, 32 Pages.

  • The Process of Experiential Learning Kolb, D. A. 1984, Chapter 2. In D. Kolb, The experiential learning: Experience as the source of learning and development. NJ: Prentice-Hall. PDF, 21 Pages.

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