He earned his undergraduate degree in 1961 from Knox College.
He then went on to earn his Ph.D. insocial psychologyfrom Harvard University.
Career and Theories
Kolb is an American psychologist and educational theorist.
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He is perhaps best known for his research on experiential learning and learning styles.
We can grasp experience in two different ways; through concrete experience and abstract conceptualization.
People can then transform experience in two ways; through reflective observation or active experimentation.
Kolb, A. Y., Kolb, D. A.Kolb Learning Style Inventory 4.0.
Boston: Hay Group; 2011.
INFED.David A. Kolb on experiential learning.
Updated June 20, 2013.
Weatherhead School of Management.David Kolb, PhD.
