Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Montessori Teaching · Theories of Child Development & Montessori's Observation on Children
Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory
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Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory
**David Allen Kolb** is an American educational theorist. According to Kolb's experiential learning theory, children must **experience** things in order to learn.
He simplified learning as:
> *"The resulting of knowledge from combinations of grasping and transforming experience."*
Kolb describes a four-stage cycle:
1. **Concrete Experience** — doing or having an experience
2. **Reflective Observation** — reviewing and reflecting on the experience
3. **Abstract Conceptualisation** — drawing conclusions and forming theories
4. **Active Experimentation** — testing what was learned in new situations
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