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includes learning from mistakes and exploring successes. Coaches
are also responsible for constructing learning environments that allow
learners to challenge assumptions, take risks, and generate new ideas.
Constructivism: Learning is an active process where experience is
used by learners to construct new learning based on their previous
understandings. Adults construct meaning from experience.
Learners will create meaning of the world through a series of
individual constructs, which are essentially different filters
through which we view our reality.
Transformative learning: This occurs when what we learn
changes the way we perceive our contexts and ourselves, often
combined with a new sense of personal responsibility.^
Figure 3.3. The Experiential Learning Process