People learn from practical, real life situations more than in any other way. There is nothing more effective for personal learning than oneself getting to grips with and being responsible for sorting out a concrete dilemma. We learn infinitely more from putting our own words on what we do than from what we hear others talk about. The point with ARL, Action Reflection Learning, is to acquire an attitude towards and method for “thinking and cogitating” upon your own concrete experiences and attempt to draw conclusions that can be carried forward into new situations. ARL is to experience, reflect upon and generalise from, that is to say three phases of one common process...
