ABSTRACT
This chapter performs a number of functions. It could be said to have a ‘pivotal’ role in the book. The first section is a summary of the generic view of learning that has been developed in the earlier chapters of this book. This includes vocabulary that will be used later in discussions of reflective and experiential learning. The second section is an overview of the exploration of reflective and experiential learning in the chapters ahead. The third section is concerned with one feature that reflective and experiential learning both have in common – that both occur relatively independently of a teaching (mediation) process.
