Dr. Wimmer Presentation

Question 1

Who was the man Wimmer put emphasis on?

Answer 1

John Dewy

Question 2

Explain Dewy’s work in Education and Experience

Answer 2

he tries to find a synthesis of the principles of traditional education and those of progressive education. Two essential components for him are the experience of the learner and critical inquiry.

Question 3

Describe David Kolb’s Diagram on Experiental Learning

Answer 3

Concrete experience –> Observation and reflection –> Forming abstract concepts –> testing in new situations

Question 4

Describe Klob’s diagram

Answer 4

• Can begin at any of the points and be viewed as a spiral
• often begins with a person carrying out a particular action and then seeing the effect of the action in this situation.
• the second step is to understand these effects in the particular instance so that if the same action was taken in the same circumstances it would be possible to anticipate what would follow from the action
• third step would be understanding the general principle under which the particular instance falls.

Question 5

Describe Experiental eduaction

Answer 5

the process that occurs between a teacher and student that infuses direct experience with the learning environment and content