Educational theorist who developed the experiential learning cycle: a model describing learning as a process of experience, reflection, conceptualization, and experimentation.
David A. Kolb is an educational theorist whose experiential learning theory describes learning as a cyclical process with four phases: concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, and active experimentation. The model emphasizes that effective learning requires engagement across all four phases, not just passive reception of information.
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Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development (1984)
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@misc{emsenn2026-david-kolb,
author = {emsenn},
title = {David Kolb},
year = {2026},
note = {Educational theorist who developed the experiential learning cycle: a model describing learning as a process of experience, reflection, conceptualization, and experimentation.},
url = {https://emsenn.net/library/general/domains/people/david-kolb/},
publisher = {emsenn.net},
license = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
}