Critical analysis of kolb experiential learning process

Abstract

Purpose – Education policies in an economy are framed after considering today’s need of acquiring learning skills. Though, in India the system of rote-learning and learning on the basis of text was introduced by the British in India which is being reciprocated by new teaching skills and methodologies. Learning is now affected through direct or virtual experiences and is also based on actual hands on activities. Thus, today it becomes important for countries like India to introduce experiential learning especially in Entrepreneurial education in higher educational Institutions. Experiential learning in entrepreneurial education serves as the principal means of opportunity recognition and helps students to explore their experiences and develop new ideas and experiment with their implementation (Corbett 2005). This research is an effort to examine if there is a difference in the perception of male and female with respect to experiential learning. The model of Experiential Learning as expounded by Kolb has been used for the current study. Design/ Methodology – For achieving the aim of the study primary data collection technique are used. The data was collected through self-constructed questionnaire and it was filled up by the students who are actually involved experiential learning.