Conversational Learning: An Experiential Approach to Knowledge Creation
"Baker, Jensen, Kolb and associates invite us to explore a new research domain with them--one that sees the ordinary and taken-for-granted act of conversation as fundamental to how we learn about and construct our selves, others, and the world. Using the same conversational qualities that they have identified as being conducive to learning and personal growth, they synthesize a vast body of related research, develop a dialectical theory of conversational learning, and present field studies, introspective accounts and probing interviews to illuminate the learning processes in good conversation. Conversations that flow well and feel true are fragile and require a nurturing conversational space which provides safety for differences to be engaged and for transformational learning to occur. Scholars of learning and human potential will be inspired to rethink their own research in ways that better take into account the field of conversational learning developed in this stimulating book."-Richard Boland Professor, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University