1. Learning Styles

2. Review Learning Theories Training Cycle MBTI
Management/Leadership Style

3. 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.

4. Learning Style How do people learn best?
What difference does it make in designing training?

5. Kolb’s Learning Cycle (4)
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Concrete Experience v
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6. Concrete Experience Specific experience (personal involvement)
Relate to people
Sensitive to feelings/people
Examples?

7. Reflective Observation
Kolb’s Learning Cycle
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Concrete Experience v
Reflective Observation
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8. Reflective Observation
Observing (watching & listening)
Different perspectives
Look for meaning (thoughts/ feelings to form opinions)
Examples?

9. Reflective Observation Abstract Conceptualization
Kolb’s Learning Cycle
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Concrete Experience v
Reflective Observation
Abstract Conceptualization
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10. Abstract Conceptualization
Logical analysis (conclusion)
Systematic planning
Assimilate new ideas into old
Refer to outside theories
Create rules or models

11. v > < Kolb’s Learning Cycle Concrete Experience
Active Experimentation
Reflective Observation
Abstract Conceptualization
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12. Active Experimentation
Get things done (apply to other situations)
Take risks
Experiment with similar situations
Problem solving
Action oriented

13. Individual Learning Style
Preferred mode of learning
Preferred phase(s) of cycle

14. 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

15. Moving Through the Cycle

16. Kolb’s Learning Cycle (8)
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DIVERGER CE v AE RO AC
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17. Diverger Imaginative (sees many points of view)
Understands people (observes, then acts)
Brainstorms (generates lots of ideas)
Open minded (aware of feelings, values, attitudes)

18. Kolb’s Learning Cycle
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DIVERGER v AE RO AC
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ASSIMILATOR

19. Assimilator Planning (logical form)
Creates models/theories (practical value)
Define problem (less people oriented)
Patient

20. v > < Kolb’s Learning Cycle CE DIVERGER AE RO ASSIMILATOR AC
CONVERGER

21. Converger
Good problem solver/ decision maker (technical/ problem oriented)
Deductive reasoning
Logical

22. v > < Kolb’s Learning Cycle CE DIVERGER ACCOMMODATOR AE RO
CONVERGER
ASSIMILATOR AC
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23. Accommodator Get things done (action-oriented/hands-on)
Leader/risk taker (gut feelings)
Practical/adaptable

24. Learning styles
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Activist
Reflector v
Pragmatist
Theorist
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25. What’s your style? Diverger Assimilator Converger Accommodator
How Do You
Learn?

26. v > < Kolb’s Learning Cycle Concrete Experience
Active Experimentation
Reflective Observation
Abstract Conceptualization
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27. 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?

28. Discuss in groups Strengths Career choices Weaknesses
Ways to strengthen weak side (look on opposite side of diagram)

29. How can I use this to best advantage?
So what?
How can I use this to best advantage?

30. Applying the Learning Cycle
Individual strengths & weaknesses
Learning situations
Career choices
Training situations
Team situations

31. 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?

32. Apply to Career Choices
Business-related careers
Examine where strengths lie
Expect to change as you mature

33. 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

34. 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.