It's important to know about your learners to make teaching Learning more effective

2. WHAT ARE
LEARNING STYLES?• Learning Styles are the way a
person takes in understands,
expresses and remembers
information.
Methods of
learning
and
understanding
new
information

3. THE
KOLB MODEL
L E A R N I N G S T Y L E

4. DAVID KOLB Kolb shows how people
perceive and process
information through a
learning cycles and
Learning styles.
•The learning cycle involves
four processes
•Then developed four
learning Styles
“Learning is the process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience”
– Kolb(1984)

5. DAVID KOLB’S LEARNING THEORY
• Constructivism
• 6 Principles
• Experiential Learning
“Learning is the process whereby knowledge created through
transformation of experience. Knowledge results from the combination of
grasping experience and transforming it. ”
• Learning Styles

6. Kolb’s Six principles of
Experiential Learning
• Learning as a process
• Learning is Relearning
• Emotional Reflection
• Holistic Learning
• Environmental Learning
• Constructivism Four Stages of Learning Cycle
•Concrete Experience - (CE)
•Reflective Observation - (RO)
•Abstract Conceptualization - (AC)
•Active Experimentation - (AE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1HJQZMh9Q4

7. 1. Concrete Experience - (a new
experience or situation is
encountered, or a reinterpretation of
existing experience).
2. Reflective Observation of the
New Experience - (of particular
importance are any inconsistencies
between experience and
understanding).
3. Abstract Conceptualization -
(reflection gives rise to a new idea, or
a modification of an existing abstract
concept The person has learned from
their experience).
4. Active Experimentation (the
learner applies their idea(s) to the
world around them to see what
happens).
FOUR STAGE LEARNING CYCLE

8. EXAMPLE OF LEARNING CYCLE
Learning to ride a bicycle:
•Reflective observation - Thinking about riding and watching another
person ride a bike.
•Abstract conceptualization - Understanding the theory and having a
clear grasp of the biking concept.
•Concrete experience - Receiving practical tips and techniques from a
biking expert.
•Active experimentation - Leaping on the bike and have a go at it.
http://www.nwlink.com/~%E2%80%89donClark/hrd/styles/kolb.html

9. ANOTHER EXAMPLE
Learning algebra:
• Abstract conceptualization - Listening to explanations on what it is.
•Concrete experience - Going step-by-step through an equation.
•Active experimentation - Practicing.
•Reflective observation - Recording your thoughts about algebraic
equations in a learning log.
http://www.nwlink.com/~%E2%80%89donClark/hrd/styles/kolb.html
(A+B)2 = A2 +B2 +2AB

10. Kolb's two continuums –
East-West axis is called
the Processing
Continuum (how we
approach a task)
North-South axis is
called the Perception
Continuum (our
emotional response, or
how we think or feel about
it)
KOLB'S LEARNING STYLES

11. FOUR-STAGE LEARNING STYLES
1. Diverging Style
2. Assimilating Style
3. Converging Style
4. Accommodating Style

12. KOLB'S LEARNING STYLES - MATRIX VIEW
Doing (Active
Experimentation - AE)
Watching (Reflective
Observation - RO)
Feeling (Concrete
Experience - CE)
Accommodating (CE/AE) Diverging (CE/RO)
Thinking (Abstract
Conceptualization - AC)
Converging (AC/AE) Assimilating (AC/RO)

15. CONCLUSION
Each learner has different
learning style. Learning styles
are to make teachers realise that
students & teachers have
different approaches to
learning. To make the teaching
learning process effective it is
necessary for a teacher to
understand the nature of his
students.