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Credit By Portfolio Resources

There are many resources available to help students gain a better understanding of the nature of experiential learning as well as the demonstration of its outcomes. While composing their portfolio, students may find the following resources, among many others, helpful:

Anderson, L. & Krathwohl, D. A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. New York: Longman, 2001.

Bloom Benjamin S. and David R. Krathwohl. Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: The Classification of Educational Goals, by a committee of college and university examiners. Handbook I: Cognitive Domain. New York, Longmans, Green, 1956

Boud, D. et al (eds.) (1985) Reflection. Turning experience into learning, London: Kogan Page. 170 pages.

Boud. D. and Miller, N. (eds.) (1997) Working with Experience: animating learning, London: Routledge

Brookfield, S. D. (1983) Adult Learning, Adult Education and the Community Milton Keynes Open University Press.

David A Kolb on Experiential Learning
Dewey, J. (1933) How We Think, New York: Heath.

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Guide to Theories of Learning
Houle, C. (1980) Continuing Learning in the Professions, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Jarvis, P. (1987) Adult Learning in the Social Context, London: Croom Helm. 220 pages.

Kolb, D. A. (with J. Osland and I. Rubin) (1995a) Organizational Behavior: An Experiential Approach to Human Behavior in Organizations 6e, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Kolb, D. A. (1984) Experiential Learning, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.: Prentice Hall. 256 pages.

Kurt Lewin: Groups, Experiential Learning and Action Research

Marrow, A. J. (1969) The Practical Theorist. : The Life and Work of Kurt Lewin, New York: Basic Books

Mezirow, J. (1991) Transformative Dimensions of Adult Learning, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 247 + xix pages.

Perrone, Vito. “How To Engage Students in Learning.” Teaching for Understanding Volume 51: Number 5, February 1994

Schein, E (1995) 'Kurt Lewin's Change Theory in the Field and in the Classroom: Notes Toward a Model of Managed Learning', Systems Practice,
Schön, D. (1983) The Reflective Practitioner, New York: Basic Books

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