Work Based Learning Project

MGT493Dr. Muhammad Imran Malik

Recap

Lecture 3

Cycle of CompetenceUnconscious

Incompetence

ConsciousIncompetence

ConsciousCompetence

UnconsciousCompetence

UnconsciousCompetence

Conscious

Unconscious

1

Unconscious Incompetence

2

Conscious Incompetence

3

Conscious Competence

4

Unconscious Competence

Conscious competence learning model

Source: www.businessballs.com

The Kolb’s learning Theory/cycle

People learn through the process of doing and thinking

About David Kolb

Born – 1939

American Educational Theorist

Founder of experience based learning system

Kolb’s Definition of Learning

“Learning is the process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience. Knowledge results from the combination of grasping experience and transforming it (Kolb, 1984)”.

Application of Theory

1. Students2. Managers 3. Everybody

General concept

DoObserveThink and ConcludeAdapt

Concrete experience

“Getting the feel”

Reflective observation

Watching

Formingconcepts and theories

Thinking

Activeexperiment-ation

Doing

ACTIVIST REFLECTOR

THEORISTPRAGMATIST

Learning styles and the learning cycle

DoObserveThink and ConcludeAdapt

The Learning CycleConcrete Experience

Reflective Observation

Theoretical Concepts

Practical Experimentation

Activist

Reflector

Theorist

Pragmatist

Kolb (1984)

Summary