Interest in psychological concept related to Darwinian Biology. The mind thought to be the chief factor in adapting to the environment. Hence - the mind was said to consist of functions rather than static structures. Concern with relationship of learners to their environment and to the society in which they live. Experience and education are not synonymous.
Education involves the direction and control of experience.
A meaningful experience implies some measure of control for future experience. Knowledge is not static. Learning must lead to more learning. The process is never ending. G. Stanley Hall .