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Volume 3 Issue 8 |
April 2018 |
| Manifestation of Experiential Learning in Paulo Coelho’s Novels | |
| Dr. Olive Thambi, Assistant Professor, Department of English, LRG Government Arts College for Women, Tirupur, , Ms. P. Geetha, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Jansons Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, , |
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| Abstract | |
| Experience has long been considered as imperative for learning and development. Experience cannot be learnt by reading or by being told, it is best learnt through life experiences. Having an experience is the best way or possibly the only way, of coming to know what that experience is like. Confucius rightly said in 450 BC.” I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand. Benjamin Franklin in 1750 stated, “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I will learn, Julius Caesar held that “experience is the teacher of all things”, and Albert Einstein believed that “the only source of knowledge is experience”. Experience is the most prevalent term in Coelho’s Novels. He says, “To live is to experience things, not sit around pondering the meaning of life.” According to him the purpose of life is to taste experience to the highest and to transform better. He gets inspiration from his daily life, from the people he met and from the experience he has acquired through travel. He firmly believes that experience is the best way to acquire knowledge and the knowledge acquired through experience transforms human beings. Hence this paper explores the manifestation of experiential learning in the selected novels of Paulo Coelho. | |
| Keywords | |
| Education; Experience; Experiential Learning; and Openness to Experiences. | |
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