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Kolb's experiential learning theory follows a long line of constructivist theorists (e.g., Seymour Paper, Piaget, arguably back to da Vinci) who believe true learning takes place best when a learner is first placed in a concrete experience in which they must acquire knowledge through the frame of reference provided by the attributes of the experience. In other word, put them in a situation where they must solve a problem or produce some outcome before throwing messy abstractions of how the task, problem, production must be performed. Students then reflect on this experience and explain how they acquired the knowledge they needed for the concrete experience. Only after these two step do students engage in abstract conceptualization of the phenomenon, framework, or method; the cool part is that students have their concrete experiences to relate to the conceptualizations. The even cooler part follows; students combine their initial experiences and newly acquired knowledge of the conceptualizations to demonstrate how they are able to generate new learning in new situations and environments.
Imagine (or just do it) entrepreneurship pedagogies that begin with an experiential component, followed by observation and reflection by students, which in turn are followed by the introduction of abstract terminologies related to the topic from the literature, and a new context for experimentation around the topic. This is my goal for teaching entrepreneurship.
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