David Kolb published his learning styles model in 1984, which describes a four-stage cycle of experiential learning and four learning styles. The experiential learning cycle consists of concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, and active experimentation. The four learning styles - diverging, assimilating, converging, and accommodating - are defined by how people process information through feeling/watching and thinking/doing. Kolb's model provides a framework for understanding individual preferences and implications for education, such as ensuring activities engage all stages of the learning cycle.
David Kolb published his learning styles model in 1984.
The model gave rise to related terms such as Kolb's experiential learning theory (ELT), and Kolb's learning styles inventory (LSI).
In his publications - notably his 1984 book 'Experiential Learning: Experience As The Source Of Learning And Development' Kolb acknowledges the early work on experiential learning by others in the 1900's, including Rogers, Jung, and Piaget.
In turn, Kolb's learning styles model and experiential learning theory are today acknowledged by academics, teachers, managers and trainers as truly seminal works; fundamental concepts towards our understanding and explaining human learning behaviour, and towards helping others to learn.
Kolb’s learning styles - Manu Melwin Joymanumelwin
The principle of reinforcement: continuous and repetitive practice ensures the retention of knowledge and skills.
The principle of behavior modeling: set models for the trainees to follow.
The principle of feedback: timely and adequate feedback motivates the trainees.
The principle of learning transfer: those that can be transferred to work are most likely to be retained.
David Kolb published his learning styles model in 1984.
The model gave rise to related terms such as Kolb's experiential learning theory (ELT), and Kolb's learning styles inventory (LSI).
In his publications - notably his 1984 book 'Experiential Learning: Experience As The Source Of Learning And Development' Kolb acknowledges the early work on experiential learning by others in the 1900's, including Rogers, Jung, and Piaget.
In turn, Kolb's learning styles model and experiential learning theory are today acknowledged by academics, teachers, managers and trainers as truly seminal works; fundamental concepts towards our understanding and explaining human learning behaviour, and towards helping others to learn.
Kolb’s learning styles - Manu Melwin Joymanumelwin
The principle of reinforcement: continuous and repetitive practice ensures the retention of knowledge and skills.
The principle of behavior modeling: set models for the trainees to follow.
The principle of feedback: timely and adequate feedback motivates the trainees.
The principle of learning transfer: those that can be transferred to work are most likely to be retained.
We are students in our 2nd year of a BA (Hons) Professional Studies in Education. As a class we were asked to act as a 'community of practice' to explore different teaching and learning theories, the result was this presentation. Thank you Ann for inspiring us and getting us started.
The Teaching Learning Process: Intro, Phases, Definitions, Theories and Model...Monica P
(MST) The Teaching-Learning Process in Educational Practices
First set of report/discussion
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THEORIES OF CURRICULUM AND THEIR MAJOR STRUCTUREseharalam
To understand the concept of theory, it is essential to understand the nature of theory in general.
Historically, the Received View holds that a theory is a formalized, deductively connected bundle of laws that are applicable in specifiable ways to their observable manifestations. In the Received View, a small number of concepts are selected as bases for the theory; axioms are introduced that specify the fundamental relationships among those concepts; and definitions are provided, specifying the remaining concepts of the theory in terms of the basic ones.
A learning style is student’s consistent way of responding to and using stimuli in the context of learning.
David A. Kolb, Harvard Professor of Organizational Behavior, put forward the mode of “experiential learning cycle”
We are students in our 2nd year of a BA (Hons) Professional Studies in Education. As a class we were asked to act as a 'community of practice' to explore different teaching and learning theories, the result was this presentation. Thank you Ann for inspiring us and getting us started.
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(MST) The Teaching-Learning Process in Educational Practices
First set of report/discussion
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THEORIES OF CURRICULUM AND THEIR MAJOR STRUCTUREseharalam
To understand the concept of theory, it is essential to understand the nature of theory in general.
Historically, the Received View holds that a theory is a formalized, deductively connected bundle of laws that are applicable in specifiable ways to their observable manifestations. In the Received View, a small number of concepts are selected as bases for the theory; axioms are introduced that specify the fundamental relationships among those concepts; and definitions are provided, specifying the remaining concepts of the theory in terms of the basic ones.
A learning style is student’s consistent way of responding to and using stimuli in the context of learning.
David A. Kolb, Harvard Professor of Organizational Behavior, put forward the mode of “experiential learning cycle”
Identity, Community, Responsibility and Bodies of Knowledge .docxlashandaotley
Identity, Community, Responsibility and Bodies of Knowledge
From “A New Agenda for Higher Education: Shaping a Life of the Mind for Practice.” 2008. William M.
Sullivan and Matthew S. Rosin. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
For purposes of the ORGL seminars, you will be particularly interested in understanding the highlighted concepts
on page 94 of the following excerpt.
“The academy” refers to institutions of higher education.
INSTRUCTOR COMMENTS on Sullivan & Rosin… Chapter IV, pgs. 93 – 95.
Sullivan & Rosin describe four guiding principles that relate to how students learn:
I. Identity
II. Community
III. Responsibility
IV. Bodies of Knowledge
These elements also relate to the different approaches of the three ORGL seminars.
In ORGL 3000, emphasis is on the Self - or your personal identity – and how you learn.
Sullivan and Rosin define IDENTITY: Identity is “the reflective and formative…ways in which persons are
formed, through institutional and social engagement, as they participate in evolving traditions of
knowing” (Sullivan & Rosin Part I of IV, 2008, p. 94)
In ORGL 3050, we concentrate on Self in Context referring to those things around us which influence how our
identities develop and how we interact with others:
Self in Context relates to Sullivan and Rosin’s Parts II and III: COMMUNITY is “Participation
with others populates the imagination with models of what it means to engage the natural, social,
and contextual contexts of action.” RESPONSIBILITY—“the person lives up to her responsibility for
others and the values of the community… Only by keeping faith with the trust of others does the
professional achieve legitimacy and meaning.” (Sullivan & Rosin, 2008, p. 94)
In ORGL 4000, the focus is on how the Self Transforms, being able to appreciate multiple perspectives or bodies of
knowledge, being self-aware and being able to transform our behaviors.
In Sullivan and Rosen’s Part IV of IV, BODIES OF KNOWLEDGE are defined as — disciplinary (and
multidisciplinary) frameworks for ‘arguing and knowing.’ (Sullivan & Rosin, 2008, p. 94)
Sullivan & Rosin’s Practical Reasoning
The four principles above comprise the foundation of “practical reasoning,” proposed by Sullivan and Rosin. In their view
undergraduate education must move beyond "critical thinking" to the idea of "practical reasoning" integrating teaching
practices from the liberal arts—which develop students' ability to assume responsibility for their purposes and identity—
with those from professional education, which stress competence and practice.
Practical reasoning offers a repertoire of skills and habits of mind that can help adults figure out what to do when
navigating the challenges of contemporary adult life.
READ THE FOLLOWING PAGES 93-95 FROM SULLIVAN & ROSIN.
ORGL 3050. Fiddler & Marienau. Conceptual Frameworks for Reflection
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this ppt deals with different models of learning styles i.e. David kolb's model, Peter Honey and Alan Mumford, Walter Burke Barbe and colleagues and Neil Fleming's VARK model.
We all have good and bad thoughts from time to time and situation to situation. We are bombarded daily with spiraling thoughts(both negative and positive) creating all-consuming feel , making us difficult to manage with associated suffering. Good thoughts are like our Mob Signal (Positive thought) amidst noise(negative thought) in the atmosphere. Negative thoughts like noise outweigh positive thoughts. These thoughts often create unwanted confusion, trouble, stress and frustration in our mind as well as chaos in our physical world. Negative thoughts are also known as “distorted thinking”.
Leaders are often faced with ethical conundrums(a confusing and difficult problem or question). So how can they determine when they’re inching toward dangerous territory? There are three main psychological dynamics that lead to crossing moral lines.
There’s omnipotence: when someone feels so aggrandized and entitled that they believe the rules of decent behavior don’t apply to them.
Consider cultural numbness: when others play along and gradually begin to accept and embody deviant norms.
Finally, when people don’t speak up because they are thinking of more immediate rewards, we see justified neglect.
Generally most people mean well, but simply execute their job poorly sometimes and sometimes, there are BAD bosses. We must learn “to Work "on Bad Boss
According to dictionary.com, “to work” something or someone is to put them into effective operation, to operate that thing or person for productive purposes.
Put your Bad Boss into effective operation to get whatever you want in your job or career by learning your boss’s secret desire and secret fear
Two biggest issues of Bad Boss are:
They can negatively impact our work performance.
They can make life miserable
We often hear “being difficult.” about Bad Boss. It’s hard to know exactly where the difficulty lie. All we know is it is difficult to work successfully with this person.
An incompetent person is someone who is
Functionally inadequate or
Insufficient in Knowledge, Skills, Judgment, or Strength
Mindset is a mental attitude that determines how we interpret and respond to situations.
Dweck has found that it is your mindset that plays a significant role in determining achievement and success.
A mindset refers to whether you believe qualities such as intelligence and talent are fixed or changeable traits.
People with a fixed mindset believe that these qualities are inborn, fixed, and unchangeable.
Those with a growth mindset, on the other hand, believe that these abilities can be developed and strengthened by way of commitment and hard work.
Story of Katalin Karikó, a researcher who won the Nobel prize for medicine for her work on modifying the RNA molecule to avoid triggering a harmful immune response is a classical example of mindset.
Yet, her life was full of rejection and doubt.
Her achievement had much to do with her mindset.
A theory is a based upon a hypothesis and backed by evidence.
A theory presents a concept or idea that is testable.
In science, a theory is not merely a guess.
A theory is a fact-based framework for describing a phenomenon.
In psychology, theories are used to provide a model for understanding human thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.
Hence study of Psychology theory is essential for SSB and all types of Interviewas it helps us to understand our own developmental psychology.k
Personality theorists should study normal individuals
All behavior is interactive
The person must be studied in terms of interactions with their environment
The brain is the locus of personality
There is a biological basis to personality
Definition of Personality
1- Personality is an abstraction formulated by a theorist.
2- It refers to series of events that ideally span over life time from childhood to adulthood
3-It reflects novel, unique, recurrent and enduring patterns of behaviours – his education and training .
4- Personality is located in brain- imagination, perception
5.Personality comprises the person’s central organizing and governing processes, whose function is to
Resolve conflicts,
Satisfy needs, and
Plan for future goals.
” Emotions are complex psychological states involving three distinct components: a subjective experience, a physiological response, and a behavioral or expressive response”
"Discovering Psychology," by Don Hockenbury and Sandra E. Hockenbury
In 1972, psychologist Paul Ekman suggested that there are six basic emotions that are universal throughout human cultures: fear, disgust, anger, surprise, joy, and sadness.
In the 1980s, Robert Plutchik introduced another emotion classification system known as the wheel of emotions. This model demonstrated how different emotions can be combined or mixed together, much like the way an artist mixes primary colors to create other colors.
Plutchik proposed eight primary emotional dimensions: joy vs. sadness, anger vs. fear, trust vs. disgust, and surprise vs. anticipation.
These emotions can then be combined to create others, such as happiness + anticipation = excitement.
In 1999, Ekman expanded his list to include a number of other basic emotions, including embarrassment, excitement, contempt, shame, pride, satisfaction, and amusement
Anger is an intense emotion you feel when
Something has gone wrong or
Someone has wronged you.
It is typically characterized by feelings of
Stress,
Frustration, and
Irritation.
Anger is a perfectly normal response to frustrating or difficult situations.
Anger only becomes a problem when
It’s excessively displayed and
Begins to affect your daily functioning and the way you relate with people.
Anger can range in intensity, from a slight annoyance to rage.
It can sometimes be excessive or irrational.
In these cases, it can be hard to keep the emotion in check and could cause you to behave in ways you wouldn’t otherwise behave.
Cognitive distortions are
Negative or irrational patterns of thinking.
Simply ways that Impostor Syndrome convinces us to believe things that aren’t really true.
Inaccurate thought patterns that
Reinforce our negative self perception and
Keep us feeling bad about ourselves
These negative thought patterns can play a role in
Diminishing our motivation,
Lowering our self-esteem
Contributing to problems like
Anxiety,
Depression, and
Substance use.
Trauma Bonding is the attachment an abused person feels for their abuser, specifically in a relationship with a cyclical pattern of abuse.
Is created due to a cycle of abuse and positive reinforcement
After each circumstance of abuse, the abuser professes love, regret, and trying to make the relationship feel safe and needed for the abused person.
Hence Abused
Finds leaving an abusive situation confusing and overwhelming
Involves positive and/or loving feelings for an abuser
Also feel attached to and dependent on their abuser.
Emotional abuse involves controlling another person by using emotions to Criticize , Embarrass ,Shame ,Blame or
Manipulate .
To be abusive there must be a consistent pattern of abusive words and bullying behaviours that Wear down a person’s Self-esteem and Undermine Their mental health.
Most common in married relationships,
Mental or emotional abuse can occur in any relationship—including among
Friends
Family members and
Co-workers
Attachment-related patterns that differ between individuals are commonly called "attachment styles."
There seems to be an association between a person’s attachment characteristics early in life and in adulthood, but the correlations are far from perfect.
Many adults feel secure in their relationships and comfortable depending on others (echoing “secure” attachment in children).
Others tend to feel anxious about their connection with close others—or prefer to avoid getting close to them in the first place (echoing “insecure” attachment in children).
Borderline personality disorder, characterized by a longing for intimacy and a hypersensitivity to rejection, have shown a high prevalence and severity of insecure attachment.
Attachment styles in adulthood (similar to attachment patterns in children):
Secure
Anxious-preoccupied (high anxiety, low avoidance)
Dismissing-avoidant (low anxiety, high avoidance)
Fearful-avoidant (high anxiety, high avoidance)
Conduct disorder is an ongoing pattern of behaviour marked by emotional and behavioural problems.
Ways in which Children with conduct disorder behave are
Angry,
Aggressive,
Argumentative, and
Disruptive ways.
It is a diagnosable mental health condition that is characterized by patterns of violating
Societal norms and
Rights of others
It's estimated that around 3% of school-aged children have conduct disorder and require professional treatment .
It is more common in boys than in girls.
Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is a psychiatric disorder that typically emerges in childhood, between ages 6 and 8, and can last throughout adulthood.
ODD is more than just normal childhood tantrums
Frequency and severity of ODD causes difficulty at home and at school.
Children with ODD also struggle with learning problems related to their behavior.
Two types of oppositional defiant disorder:
Childhood-onset ODD:
Present from an early age
Requires early intervention and treatment to prevent it from progressing into a more serious conduct disorder
Adolescent-onset ODD:
Begins suddenly in the middle- and high-school years, causing conflict at home and in school
There have been at least 13 different types of intelligence that have been identified so far.
These different ways of being smart can help people perform in different areas from their personal life, business, to sports and relationships.
Attachment is an emotional bond with another person. John Bowlby described attachment as a "lasting psychological connectedness between human beings.“
Earliest bonds formed by children (with caregivers) have a tremendous impact that continues throughout life and Attachment so developed
Serves to keep the infant close to the mother, thus improving the child's chances of survival.
Are innate drive Children are born with and is a product of evolutionary processes
Emerges and are regulated through the process of natural selection,
Are characterized by clear behavioural and motivation patterns.
Nurturance and responsiveness were the primary determinants of attachment.
Children who maintained proximity to an attachment figure were more likely to
Receive comfort and protection, and
More likely to survive to adulthood.
e-RUPI is a person and purpose-specific cashless e-voucher designed to guarantee
that the stored money value reaches its intended beneficiary and can only be used for
the specific benefit or purpose for which it was intended. The idea is to create a minimal
logistics, leak-proof delivery mechanism for a wide range of government Direct Benefit
Transfer (DBT) programs across the country. The digital e-voucher platform can also
be used by organizations who wish to support welfare services through e-RUPI instead
of cash
The term ‘Moonlighting’ became popular in America when people started working a second job in addition to their regular 9-to-5 jobs. Since the rise of the work-from-home concept during the pandemic, employees got free time after work hours. While some took up their hobby in their free time, others started searching for part-time jobs. Especially in the IT industry, employees took up two jobs simultaneously and took advantage of the remote working model. This concept of working for two companies/organisations is referred to as moonlighting.
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1. KOLB - LEARNING STYLES
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2. INTRODUCTION
David Kolb published his learning styles model in 1984 from which he
developed his learning style inventory.
Kolb's experiential learning theory works on two levels:
A four stage cycle of learning and
Four separate learning styles.
Much of Kolb’s theory is concerned with the learner’s internal cognitive
processes.
Kolb states that learning involves the acquisition of abstract concepts
that can be applied flexibly in a range of situations.
In Kolb’s theory, the impetus for the development of new concepts is
provided by new experiences.
“Learning is the process whereby knowledge is created through the
transformation of experience” (Kolb, 1984, p. 38).
3.
4. THE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING CYCLE
Kolb's experiential learning style theory is typically represented by a four
stage learning cycle in which the learner 'touches all the bases':
1. Concrete Experience - (a new experience of 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).
4. Active Experimentation (the learner applies them to the world around
them to see what results).
5. THE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING CYCLE
Effective learning is seen when a person progresses through a cycle of four
stages: of
(1)Having a concrete experience followed by
(2)Observation of and reflection on that experience which leads to
(3)The formation of abstract concepts (analysis) and generalizations
(conclusions) which are then
(4) Used to test hypothesis in future situations, resulting in new
experiences.
Kolb (1974) views learning as an integrated process with each stage
being mutually supportive of and feeding into the next.
It is possible to enter the cycle at any stage and follow it through its logical
sequence.
However, effective learning only occurs when a learner is able to
execute all four stages of the model.
Therefore, no one stage of the cycle is an effective as a learning
procedure on its own.
6.
7. LEARNING STYLES
Kolb's learning theory (1974) sets out four distinct learning styles, which are
based on a four-stage learning cycle noted above.
Kolb explains that different people naturally prefer a certain single
different learning style.
Various factors influence a person's preferred style. For example,
Social environment,
Educational experiences, or
The basic cognitive structure of the individual.
Whatever influences the choice of style, the learning style preference itself
is actually the product of two pairs of variables, or two separate
'choices' that we make, which Kolb presented as lines of axis, each with
'conflicting' modes at either end:
8. LEARNING STYLES
Whatever influences …. lines of axis, each with 'conflicting' modes at
either end:
A typical presentation of Kolb's two continuums is that
The east-west axis is called the Processing Continuum (how we approach a
task), and
The north-south axis is called the Perception Continuum (our emotional
response, or how we think or feel about it).
9.
10. LEARNING STYLES
Kolb believed that we cannot perform both variables on a single axis at
the same time (e.g. think and feel).
Our learning style is a product of these two choice decisions.
It's often easier to see the construction of Kolb's learning styles in terms of a
two-by-two matrix.
Each learning style represents a combination of two preferred styles.
The diagram also highlights Kolb's terminology for the four learning styles;
Diverging, Assimilating, and
Converging, Accommodating:
12. LEARNING STYLES DESCRIPTIONS
Knowing a person's (and your own) learning style enables learning to
be orientated according to the preferred method.
But everyone responds to and needs the stimulus of all types of
learning styles to one extent or another –
It's a matter of using emphasis that fits best with the given situation
and a person's learning style preferences.
13. BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FOUR KOLB LEARNING
STYLES
Diverging (feeling and watching - CE/RO)
These people are able to look at things from different perspectives.
They are sensitive.
They prefer to watch rather than do, tending to gather information
and use imagination to solve problems.
They are best at viewing concrete situations at several different
viewpoints.
Kolb called this style 'diverging' because these people perform better in
situations that require ideas-generation, for example, brainstorming.
People with a diverging learning style have broad cultural interests
and like to gather information.
They are interested in people, tend to be imaginative and emotional,
and tend to be strong in the arts.
People with the diverging style prefer to work in groups, to listen
with an open mind and to receive personal feedback.
14. BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FOUR KOLB LEARNING
STYLES
Assimilating (watching and thinking - AC/RO)
Preference is for a concise, logical approach.
Ideas and concepts are more important than people.
These people require good clear explanation rather than practical
opportunity.
They excel at understanding wide-ranging information and
organizing it in a clear logical format.
People with an assimilating learning style are less focused on people and
more interested in ideas and abstract concepts.
People with this style are more attracted to logically sound theories
than approaches based on practical value.
This learning style is important for effectiveness in information and
science careers.
In formal learning situations, people with this style prefer readings,
lectures, exploring analytical models, and having time to think
things through.
15. BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FOUR KOLB LEARNING
STYLES
Converging (doing and thinking - AC/AE)
People with a converging learning style can solve problems and will use
their learning to find solutions to practical issues.
They prefer technical tasks, and are less concerned with people and
interpersonal aspects.
People with a converging learning style are best at finding practical uses
for ideas and theories.
They can solve problems and make decisions by finding solutions to
questions and problems.
People with a converging learning style are more attracted to technical
tasks and problems than social or interpersonal issues.
A converging learning style enables specialist and technology abilities.
People with a converging style like to experiment with new ideas, to
simulate, and to work with practical applications.
16. BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FOUR KOLB LEARNING
STYLES
Accommodating (doing and feeling - CE/AE)
The Accommodating learning style is 'hands-on', and relies on intuition
rather than logic.
These people use other people's analysis, and prefer to take a
practical, experiential approach.
They are attracted to new challenges and experiences, and to
carrying out plans.
They commonly act on 'gut' instinct rather than logical analysis.
People with an accommodating learning style will tend to rely on
others for information than carry out their own analysis.
This learning style is prevalent within the general population.
17. EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS
Both Kolb's (1984) learning stages and cycle could be used by teachers
to critically evaluate the learning provision typically available to
students, and to develop more appropriate learning opportunities.
Educators should ensure that activities are designed and carried out in
ways that offer each learner the chance to engage in the manner that
suits them best.
Also, individuals can be helped to learn more effectively by the
identification of their lesser preferred learning styles and the
strengthening of these through the application of the experiential
learning cycle.
Ideally, activities and material should be developed in ways that draw
on abilities from each stage of the experiential learning cycle and take
the students through the whole process in sequence.
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