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Learning Styles

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Review

Learning Theories Training CycleMBTIManagement/Leadership

Style

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Lesson Objectives(Addendum 8-10)

Describe four stages of the learning cycle / differentiate between four learning styles.

Describe your particular learning style, characteristics...

Match learning situations to the appropriate phase.

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Learning Style

How do people learn best?

What difference does it make in designing training?

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ConcreteExperience

Kolb’s Learning Cycle (4)

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Concrete Experience

Specific experience (personal involvement)

Relate to people

Sensitive to feelings/people

Examples?

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ConcreteExperience

ReflectiveObservation

Kolb’s Learning Cycle

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Reflective Observation

Observing (watching & listening)

Different perspectives

Look for meaning (thoughts/ feelings to form opinions)

Examples?

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ReflectiveObservation

AbstractConceptualization

Kolb’s Learning Cycle

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Abstract Conceptualization

Logical analysis (conclusion)

Systematic planning

Assimilate new ideas into old

Refer to outside theories

Create rules or models

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ReflectiveObservation

AbstractConceptualization

ActiveExperimentation

Kolb’s Learning Cycle

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Active Experimentation

Get things done (apply to other situations)

Take risks

– Experiment with similar situations

– Problem solving

Action oriented

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Individual Learning Style

Preferred mode of learning

Preferred phase(s) of cycle

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Preferred Style (5)

Some variation of each; most have a dominance (preference) in one or two stages! :–Concrete Experience–Reflective Observation–Abstract Conceptualization–Active Experimentation

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Moving Through the Cycle

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DIVERGER

Kolb’s Learning Cycle (8)

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Diverger

Imaginative (sees many points of view)

Understands people (observes, then acts)

Brainstorms (generates lots of ideas)

Open minded (aware of feelings, values, attitudes)

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DIVERGER

ASSIMILATOR

Kolb’s Learning Cycle

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Assimilator

Planning (logical form) Creates models/theories

(practical value) Define problem (less people

oriented) Patient

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DIVERGER

ASSIMILATORCONVERGER

Kolb’s Learning Cycle

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Converger

Good problem solver/ decision maker (technical/ problem oriented)

Deductive reasoning Logical

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DIVERGER

ASSIMILATORCONVERGER

ACCOMMODATOR

Kolb’s Learning Cycle

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Accommodator

Get things done (action-oriented/hands-on)

Leader/risk taker (gut feelings)

Practical/adaptable

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Reflector

TheoristPragmatist

Activist

Learning styles

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How Do YouLearn?

What’s your style?

Diverger Assimilator Converger Accommodator

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ConcreteExperience

ReflectiveObservation

AbstractConceptualization

ActiveExperimentation

Kolb’s Learning Cycle

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Your LSI Results

What are the points on the axes?

What do you prefer more and what do you prefer less?

What does the shape of the rectangle tell about you?

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Discuss in groups

Strengths Career choices Weaknesses Ways to strengthen weak side

(look on opposite side of diagram)

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So what?

How can I use this to best advantage?

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Applying the Learning Cycle

Individual strengths & weaknesses

Learning situations Career choices Training situations Team situations

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Applying to Learning Situations

Keep a learning journal What were my aims? What happened? How did I feel about what

happened? What have I learned? Where does this lead me?

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Apply to Career Choices

Business-related careers Examine where strengths lie Expect to change as you

mature

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Apply to Training

Use the entire learning cycle

Try to meet all learning styles

Don’t emphasize only one side thinking/doing or concrete/abstract

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Summary

Describe four stages of the learning cycle / differentiate between four learning styles.

Describe your particular learning style, characteristics...

Match learning situations to the appropriate phase.