Many people confuse the learning style of ‘learning by doing’ with experiential learning, but they are not the same.
It is not possible for learning to occur simply by doing something. The simple act in and of itself does not cause the learning to occur. The key is the process of reflection.
As Albert Einstein once said “All learning is experience, the rest is information.”
This is to say, if information was enough to help us grow, learn and flourish as human beings, then we would all be super fit and extremely intelligent.
We all know how to be fit, and with the advent of the internet, we have access to everything there is to know in the world. But none of this knowledge (information) will make a difference until (a) we act upon it, and most importantly (b) we reflect upon this experience.
