What do we actually mean by experiential learning?

Human Resource Development Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 84-95

  Illeris, Knud ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Experiential learning; Learning definition; Learning theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547939158     PISSN: 15344843     EISSN: 15526712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534484306296828     Document Type: Article

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