CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In experiential learning, the instructor guides rather than directs the learning process where students are naturally interested in learning. The instructor assumes the role of facilitator and is guided by a number of steps crucial to experiential learning as noted by (Wurdinger & Carlson, 2010, p. 13).

Detailed explanation-2: -Broadly speaking, the function of teachers is to help students learn by imparting knowledge to them and by setting up a situation in which students can and will learn effectively.

Detailed explanation-3: -The teacher’s primary role in experiential learning is to create suitable learning experiences and facilitate the learning process, rather than direct instruction.

Detailed explanation-4: -David A. KOLB, founder of experiential learning theory, defines learning as a process in which “experience is transformed into knowledge”.

Detailed explanation-5: -Beginning in the 1970s, David A. Kolb helped develop the modern theory of experiential learning, drawing heavily on the work of John Dewey, Kurt Lewin, and Jean Piaget.