CONTENTS
Part I EXPERIENCE AND LEARNING

1 The foundation of contemporary approaches to experiential learning
Experiential learning in higher education: the legacy of John Dewey
Experiential learning in training and development: the contributions of Kurt Lewin
Jean Piaget and the cognitive-development tradition of experiential learning
Other contributions to experiential learning theory

2. Process of experiential learning
Three models of the experiential learning process
Characteristics of experiential learning
Summary: a definition of learning

Part II THE STRUCTURE OF LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE

3 Structural foundation of the learning process
Process and structure in experiential learning
The prevention dimension-apprehension vs Comprehension
The transformation dimension-intension and extension
Summary

4. Individuallity in learning and the concept of learning styles
The scientific study of individuality
Learning styles as possibility-processing structures
Assessing individual learning styles: the learning style inventory
Evidence for the structure of learning
Characteristics of the basic learning styles
Summary and conclusion

5 The structure of knowledge
Apprehension vs comprehension -- a dual-knowledge theory
The dialectics of apprehension and comprehension
The structure of social knowledge: world hypotheses
Social knowledge as living systems of inquiry -- the relation between the structure of knowledge and fields of inquiry and endeavor

Part III LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

6 The experiential learning theory of development

Learning and development as transaction between person and environment
Differentiation and integration in development
Unilinear vs multilinear development
The experiential learning theory of development
Consciousness, learning, and development

7 Learning and development in higher education

Specialized development and the process of accentuation
Undergraduate student development in a technological university
Professional education and career adaptation
A comparative study of professional education in social work and engineering
Managing the learning process
Implications for higher education

8 Lifelong learning and integrative development

Adaptive flexibility and integrative development
On integrity and integrative knowledge