Learn English – Noun that describes a person who learns from any experience

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What word in English describes a quality in person that allows him to learn from any kind of experience? Be this a hobby, homework, or any kind of activity. More specifically, I’m interested how would we call a person who can take advantage from various experiences to learn take new insight and learn something new.

Best Answer

Possibly Experiential Learner will work for you.

Experiential Learning

  • The process of learning through experience, and is more specifically defined as "learning through reflection on doing"

I have come across the phrase Experiential Learning being used most recently at colleges to describe "the process through which students develop knowledge, skills, and values from direct experiences outside a traditional academic setting" (UCDenver).

In lieu of formal definitions, I give you additional linked examples of use:

  1. Forbes
  2. UCF
  3. UCDavis
  4. UT-Austin