Experiential learning is a student-centered pedagogical strategy that emphasizes the significant role of real-life experiences and critical reflection to promote learning. David Kolb (1984) described experiential learning as "the process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience" (p. 38) and developed a four-stage learning cycle. In Kolb's Experiential Learning Cycle, students actively engage in and progress through four stages of learning: concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, and active experimentation.

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