Kolb Learning Styles Towards Professional Implications
Kolb Learning Styles Towards Professional Implications In 1974, Kolb's learning theory sets out four distinct learning styles, which are based on a four-stage learning cycle. It includes, 1. Concrete Experience - (a new experience or situation is encountered, or a reinterpretation of existing experience). 2. Reflective Observation of the new experience. (of particular importance are any inconsistencies between experience and understanding). 3. Abstract Conceptualization (reflection gives rise to a new idea, or a modification of an existing abstract concept). 4. Active Experimentation (the learner applies them to the world around them to see what results). Kolb (1984) explains that different people naturally prefer a certain single different learning style. Various factors influence a person's preferred style. For example, social environment, educational experiences, or the basic cognitive structure of the individual. Whatever influences ...