Dewey’s Three-Stage Model

by Tamara Kelly on April 17, 2009 · 2 comments

in Experiential Learning, Learning Models

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This entry is part 3 of 9 in the series Experiential Learning Explained

John Dewey, a psychologist who is considered by many to be the founder of modern experiential learning, developed a three-stage model of learning. Dewey’s model is focused on slowing down the decision-making process so that lessons from past experience can inform judgments about what to do in current situations. The process involves:

  1. Sizing up the situation at hand through objective observation.
  2. Drawing forth knowledge about such situations by recalling similar past experiences (both your own and those of the people around you).
  3. Judging how to proceed, based on this knowledge.

This simple model has profound implications because it makes explicit a process for honing intuitive decision-making skills.

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