Innovative experiential learning experience: Pedagogical adopting Kolb’s learning cycle at higher education in Hong Kong

General education constitutes a significant portion of undergraduate curriculum. However, students are not always keen on learning general education. Pedagogy of experiential learning is one of the strategies in arousing their learning motivation. Although many previous pieces of research were condu...

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Main Author: Shui Kau Chiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Cogent Education
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2019.1644720
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description General education constitutes a significant portion of undergraduate curriculum. However, students are not always keen on learning general education. Pedagogy of experiential learning is one of the strategies in arousing their learning motivation. Although many previous pieces of research were conducted in the field, attention on how experiential learning works with information and communication technology (ICT) on teaching general education at higher education deserves more attention. Thus, by adopting Kolb’s learning cycle from Experiential Learning Theory, this paper suggests an innovative pedagogical approach of implementing experiential learning with(out) adopting ICT in a general education course offered by one of the universities in Hong Kong and has been successfully implemented for three years within classroom setting to enhance learning motivation and consolidate learning experience. Data were collected from auto-ethnography and then analysed through conversation analysis and qualitative content analysis. Through proposing the pedagogical approach, this study is significant in transforming experiential learning beyond personal level and extending students’ learning from within to beyond classroom setting in a cost-effective manner.
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spelling doaj.art-7d4ec86ea2cc43b5b785d8cba2282b0e2023-08-02T03:29:29ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Education2331-186X2019-01-016110.1080/2331186X.2019.16447201644720Innovative experiential learning experience: Pedagogical adopting Kolb’s learning cycle at higher education in Hong KongShui Kau Chiu0The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityGeneral education constitutes a significant portion of undergraduate curriculum. However, students are not always keen on learning general education. Pedagogy of experiential learning is one of the strategies in arousing their learning motivation. Although many previous pieces of research were conducted in the field, attention on how experiential learning works with information and communication technology (ICT) on teaching general education at higher education deserves more attention. Thus, by adopting Kolb’s learning cycle from Experiential Learning Theory, this paper suggests an innovative pedagogical approach of implementing experiential learning with(out) adopting ICT in a general education course offered by one of the universities in Hong Kong and has been successfully implemented for three years within classroom setting to enhance learning motivation and consolidate learning experience. Data were collected from auto-ethnography and then analysed through conversation analysis and qualitative content analysis. Through proposing the pedagogical approach, this study is significant in transforming experiential learning beyond personal level and extending students’ learning from within to beyond classroom setting in a cost-effective manner.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2019.1644720experiential learningkolb’s learning cycleexperiential learning theorygeneral educationhigher education
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Innovative experiential learning experience: Pedagogical adopting Kolb’s learning cycle at higher education in Hong Kong
Cogent Education
experiential learning
kolb’s learning cycle
experiential learning theory
general education
higher education
title Innovative experiential learning experience: Pedagogical adopting Kolb’s learning cycle at higher education in Hong Kong
title_full Innovative experiential learning experience: Pedagogical adopting Kolb’s learning cycle at higher education in Hong Kong
title_fullStr Innovative experiential learning experience: Pedagogical adopting Kolb’s learning cycle at higher education in Hong Kong
title_full_unstemmed Innovative experiential learning experience: Pedagogical adopting Kolb’s learning cycle at higher education in Hong Kong
title_short Innovative experiential learning experience: Pedagogical adopting Kolb’s learning cycle at higher education in Hong Kong
title_sort innovative experiential learning experience pedagogical adopting kolb s learning cycle at higher education in hong kong
topic experiential learning
kolb’s learning cycle
experiential learning theory
general education
higher education
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2019.1644720
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