Have you ever tried to soak in information, or become a self-starting learner without hands-on and actionable tools to assist you? It’s not easy.

Experiential learning is an active and co-creative process, which engages you to discover what is wanted and needed to reach the next level of fulfillment or success in any area of your life. This method of learning actually puts you into the present and the experience, rather than telling you something, only for you to spend your effort taking endless notes and memorizing

In 1983, David A. Kolb, published a groundbreaking book entitled Experiential Learning: Experience As the Source of Learning and Development (Prentice Hall, 1984). This book essentially exposed the principle that a person would learn through discovery and experience. The reason the theory is called "experiential" is its intellectual origins are taken from the experiential work of Lewin, Piaget, Dewey, Freire and James, forming a unique perspective on learning and development.

Experiential Learning Theory (ELT) provides a holistic model of the learning process and is a multi-linear model of adult development, both of which are consistent with what we know about how we most naturally learn, grow and develop as humans. This practice focuses on the central role that experience plays in the learning process and can be implemented for every age and type of learner.

Here’s an example: Learning how to swim or ride a bike are great examples of experiential learning, because they illustrate the widely known four-step experiential learning model.

Following this example, in the "concrete experience" stage, the learner physically experiences the bike in the "here-and-now." This experience forms "the basis for observation and reflection" and they have the opportunity to consider what is working or failing (reflective observation), while thinking about ways to improve on the next attempt made at riding it (abstract conceptualization). Every new attempt to ride is informed by a cyclical pattern of previous experience, thought and reflection (active experimentation).

Through our unique coaching philosophy and well-rounded roster of master coaches, each of our offerings implements experiential learning to engage our clients to the fullest, while revealing to them an organic form of learning that feels like an extension of who they are and can be practiced outside of the Momentum classroom for further growth. In other words, it’s the experience of a lifetime, in a way that your mind can easily comprehend.