![]() Honey and mumford are learning theorists that believed in four different types of learning styles, these are: Activist, Reflector, Theorist and pragmatist. Assimilators like structured organised learning. They prefer concepts to people and prefer thinking over doing. They can understand wide ranging information and logically organise it perfectly. It is the most cognitive approach as they are logical and concise. Convergers are also problem solvers to practical situations.Īn Assimilator is someone that watches and thinks. They like facts and will often ask ‘’how?’’. The Converger is someone that will think about things and then try them to see if they work in practice, a converger will often work by themselves and think carefully while acting independently. Divergers look at things in a different perspective, they will think deeply of their experiences. The Diverger is someone that would prefer to watch something rather than doing it, according to Kolb they are imaginative and sensitive. Accommodators are most prevalent in the general population. The Accommodator approach is the most hands- on and practical approach to learning, it relies on gut instinct and doing instead of thinking, an accommodator does not like routine and they take creative risks to see what happens. He believes they work on an axis to his idea of the four -stage learning cycle. Kolb believes in four main learning styles which are: Accommodator, Assimilator, Converger and Diverger. There is no start or end point in this experiential life cycle and each stage feeds and supports the next stage. Active experimentation is when a learner applies their ideas to the world around them to see what happens. Abstract conceptualization is when the reflection promotes a new idea which In other words is someone learning from their experiences. Reflective observation is to see if there are any inconsistencies between the new experience and the understanding of the new experience. “Learning is the process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience” (Kolb, 1984)Ī concrete experience is a new experience, or it can also be a reinterpretation of an existing experience. The four- stage learning cycle that Kolb believed in is as follows: Concrete experience- Reflective Observation- Abstract Conceptualisation- Active Experimentation. I also had a high score in the Auditory learning style, this result was a bit more surprising as I never thought of myself as someone who learns easier by sound.ĭavid Kolb is a learning theorist who believe in a four-stage learning cycle and four distinct learning styles. I am not surprised by this result as my dream profession is to be a construction or engineering teacher and they both require a lot of hands on, practical work. ‘’A kinaesthetic learner will often lose interest quickly’’ (Child1st, 2019)Īfter completing the online questionnaire, I have found out that my preferred learning style is to be kinaesthetic. They tend to not be attentive to visual or auditory presentation They also often tend to fidget or move, and they try things out. ![]() They are often bad spellers and will have good handwriting, but it can deteriorate in smaller places. They believe details are not important and they often imagine things in sounds, Auditory learners are easily distracted by sounds and tend to talk to themselves.Ī Kinaesthetic Learner learns well from hands on work by doing and being actively involved. Auditory learns tend to avoid description and have messier handwriting at an earlier stage of life and tend to write lightly on their material. ![]() Visual learners are not often distracted, they don’t often notice sounds but can be distracted by movement.Īn Auditory Learner learns well from verbal instruction from others or themselves. Visual learners often prefer images, maps, graphs and other forms of visual representation (ThoughtCo, 2018). Visual learners often recognize words by sight and will often write things down and take as much notes as possible. A visual learner likes as much description as possible and will often imagine the words they are reading in their head. They tend to have neater handwriting at a younger age, spacing and neatness are top priority as a visual learner feels appearance is important. Some people might find more than one Style helpful for themselves while others might struggle to learn from any of these styles.Ī visual learner will learn well by watching demonstrations on the topic. They are all quite different and everyone has their own preference will in a learning environment. There are three different types on learning styles, these are: Visual, Auditory and Kinaesthetic.
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