Human Resources Development Assignment
1. Understand Leaning theories and Leaning styles
1.1 Compares different learning styles
Learning styles can be defined, classified, and Identified in many different ways. Generally, they are patterns that Provide overall direction to learning and teaching. Learning style can also be described as a set of factors, behaviors, and attitudes That Facilitate learning for an Individual in a Given Situation. http://web.cortland.edu/andersmd/learning/Introduction.htm
Leaning Styles 1) David Kolb's model 2) Peter Honey and Alan Mumford's model 3) Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) 4) Neil Fleming's VAK/VARK model
David Kolb’s Leaning Styles Model
Kolb's learning theory sets out four distinct learning styles, which are based on a four-stage learning cycle. In this respect Kolb's model is particularly elegant, since it offers both a way to understand individual people's different learning styles, and also an explanation of a cycle of experiential learning that applies to us all.
Kolb includes this 'cycle of learning' as a central principle his experiential learning theory, typically expressed as four-stage cycle of learning, in which 'immediate or concrete experiences' provide a basis for 'observations and reflections'. These 'observations and reflections' are assimilated and distilled into 'abstract concepts' producing new implications for action which can be 'actively tested' in turn creating new experiences.
Involves four stages: 1. Concrete Experience - (CE) - this can be planned or accidental. 2. Reflective Observation - (RO) - this includes activity thinking about the experience and its significance. 3. Abstract Conceptualization - (AC) – generalizing from experience to develop various concepts and ideas that can be utilized when similar situations are faced. 4. Active Experimentation - (AE) - testing the concepts or ideas in new situations. This gives rise to a new concrete experience and the cycle
1.1 Compares different learning styles
Learning styles can be defined, classified, and Identified in many different ways. Generally, they are patterns that Provide overall direction to learning and teaching. Learning style can also be described as a set of factors, behaviors, and attitudes That Facilitate learning for an Individual in a Given Situation. http://web.cortland.edu/andersmd/learning/Introduction.htm
Leaning Styles 1) David Kolb's model 2) Peter Honey and Alan Mumford's model 3) Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) 4) Neil Fleming's VAK/VARK model
David Kolb’s Leaning Styles Model
Kolb's learning theory sets out four distinct learning styles, which are based on a four-stage learning cycle. In this respect Kolb's model is particularly elegant, since it offers both a way to understand individual people's different learning styles, and also an explanation of a cycle of experiential learning that applies to us all.
Kolb includes this 'cycle of learning' as a central principle his experiential learning theory, typically expressed as four-stage cycle of learning, in which 'immediate or concrete experiences' provide a basis for 'observations and reflections'. These 'observations and reflections' are assimilated and distilled into 'abstract concepts' producing new implications for action which can be 'actively tested' in turn creating new experiences.
Involves four stages: 1. Concrete Experience - (CE) - this can be planned or accidental. 2. Reflective Observation - (RO) - this includes activity thinking about the experience and its significance. 3. Abstract Conceptualization - (AC) – generalizing from experience to develop various concepts and ideas that can be utilized when similar situations are faced. 4. Active Experimentation - (AE) - testing the concepts or ideas in new situations. This gives rise to a new concrete experience and the cycle