ABSTRACT
By comparison, the experiential learning literature appears to be relatively thin, and is widely distributed between different disciplines such as education and psychology. Moreover, there generally appears to be little cross-over between disciplines; for example, Kolb, a major writer in the field of education, whose work will be discussed below, is typically not quoted in texts on cognitive psychology. This is generally because academic disciplines have their own philosophies, bodies of knowledge and research methods, and their practitioners are often reluctant to move outside them and embrace the work of others. My background, by contrast, was not rooted in any particular branch of study, and I felt able to take as wide-ranging a perspective as the subject seemed to merit, drawing on a number of disciplines.1
