Dewey’s Experiential Learning Theory

Experiential Learning Theory (commonly known as Learning by Doing)

- Children learn better when they are actively engaged as they tend to focus in the
present and rather than a distant future. Experience is the true teacher. It is essential for
the transfer of knowledge, but it must also be instructive; some experiences are only
passive or unpleasant but not instructive.

Pragmatism in learning and teaching focuses practical lessons that have value to the
lives of students.

5 Key Points of Pragmatic Education

1. Thought and actions are related to one another.
2. Something is better than nothing.
3. Experience is the basis for knowledge and belief.
4. Facts are changeable.
5. Social interactions are crucial.

Progressive Education- involves experiential learning through projects,

experimentation, and discussion. This strategy will provide pupils with a thorough grasp
by challenging them through problems, projects, and questions.

Educative Experience- establishing a link between our actions and the results or
consequences that follow.

Reflective thinking and perception of relationships arise only in difficult

circumstances. When a real problem arises from present experiences, potential
solutions are considered, relevant facts are gathered, a hypothesis is developed, put
into practice, and then tested.

Students participate in experiential learning that occurs within a social environment. To

adapt, learn, and apply their experiences, they engage with their surroundings. For
problem-solving and group project completion, teachers should let students work
independently as well as in groups.