Workshop designed for peer tutors using Kolb's theory of experiential learning as a framework.

1. INCLUSIVE
LEARNING
STYLES
SELF EXPLORATION
Luisa Lora . Becca Van Drimmelen . Bruce Mann

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Name!
Year in school!
Role on campus!
First thing you did this morning !

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WHERE ARE
WE GOING?

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Identify and
understand the
needs, strengths and
limitations of Kolb’s
four primary learning
styles.!

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2
Develop awareness of
own learning style and
learning preferences,
including strengths
and gaps. !

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3
Identify effective ways
to apply their own
learning style in
working with diverse
others in order to
create inclusive
climates that value
differences. !

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IT’S A TEST!

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THEORY OF EXPERIENTIAL
LEARNING
DAVID A. KOLB
Social psychologist!
M.A. (1964) and Ph.D !
(1967) from Harvard!
!

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THEORY OF EXPERIENTIAL
LEARNING
DAVID A. KOLB
Seminal book (1984):!
Experiential learning:
Experience as the source of
learning and development!
!

10. DIMENSIONS
OF LEARNING
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11. DIMENSIONS
OF LEARNING
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GRASPING
DIMENSION
How we think !
about things!

12. DIMENSIONS
OF LEARNING
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13. DIMENSIONS
OF LEARNING
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PROCESSING DIMENSION
How we do things!

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MODES OF
LEARNING

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Increased self
awareness of own
preferences.!
IMPORTANCE
!
!
More considerate of
other styles. What they
contribute and need.!
Create a more inclusive
learning environment.!

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STRENGTHS
ACTIVITY

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CASE
STUDIES

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1. What is the student’s
learning style?!
!
!
2. What led you to the
answer?!
3. Can you identify with
either of the students?!
Why? !

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REFLECTION

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QUESTIONS

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REFERENCES
Kolb, D. A. (1981). Learning styles and disciplinary differences. In A. W.
Chickering (Ed.), The modern American college: Responding to the
new realities of diverse students and a changing society (pp. 232-255).
San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Kolb, D. A. (1984). Experiential learning: Experience as the source of
learning and development. Upper Saddle River, NJ. Prentice Hall.
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