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Our Experiential Education Philosophy How do technical professionals learn new interpersonal skills? By reading? By listening to someone talking? Watching something being done? Or doing it themselves? Of course, people have different ways of learning, and varied speed for which they internalize the lesson to be imparted. For the non-technical people skills that we need to develop, reading might suffice for some, but is generally at the bottom of the list. Without practice, retention tends to be short lived. Listening to words from a speaker is also far down on the list, almost as low as reading. Watching something being done - live or on video, can be more effective. At the top of the list is experiential learning where the trainee participates in an activity practicing the skill to be learned. Absorption is faster, more complete, and retention is much greater. |