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EDUCATION AND TRAINING EDUCATIONAL BLOG 102440 viewsDAVID KOLB’S LEARNING STYLES
David Kolb ’s learning styles model was developed from his experiential learning cycle theory in 1984. These theories have largely to do with the inner cognitive processes of one’s mind. Kolb believes that effective learning occurs by a cyclic process of experiencing, reflecting, thinking, and acting; which he elaborates through his 4-stage experiential learning cycle theory (1974).
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING EDUCATIONAL BLOG 172542 viewsGIBBS – REFLECTIVE CYCLE MODEL (1988)
Gibbs’ Reflective cycle model is used in various situations and is useful in evaluating it. Reflection is used to improve understanding and proof of practice-based learning. It is regarded as a valuable instrument to use after critical occurrences have jumped out to help practitioners and let pupils reflect on encounters and create new learning and form new ideas.
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING EDUCATIONAL BLOG 10230 viewsTHE JOHARI WINDOW
The Johari Window is a psychological tool developed by Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham in 1955, while researching group dynamics at the University of California (Luft, J. & Ingham, H.1955). The name itself has is a merger of the first names of the two psychologists and was initially called JoHari Window. It is widely popular because of its simplicity and practicality for self-awareness, personal development, group development and understanding relationships.
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING EDUCATIONAL BLOG 9420 viewsDETERMINING AND QUESTIONING COGNITIVE STYLE (SADLER-SMITH)
Sadler-Smith (2001) wrote a detailed paper to investigate the notion of innovation in cognitive style. Cognitive style may be defined as an individual’s inherent way of organising and processing information. It is independent of cognitive ability and may have an important bearing on individual performance within and across organisational settings, for example in the areas of vocational and occupational preferences, management competence, performance, training, development and organisational learning. The best style becomes more habitual and observable behaviour.
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING EDUCATIONAL BLOG 164144 viewsHONEY AND MUMFORD LEARNING STYLES
Honey and Mumford learning styles were developed by Peter Honey and Alan Mumford in 1986. Their work is inspired from and built upon Kolb’s learning styles model (Leaver, 2005). however, they produced their own Learning Styles Questionnaire (LSQ) because it was found that Kolb’s LSI had low validity with managers.
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING INFOGRAPHICS 4864 viewsALTERNATIVE NAMES FOR COURSES IN EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Isn’t it so confusing when you’re searching for a course and there are so many different names? We’ve tried to clear the confusion with this info-graphic.
Course names change almost every year according to the way people search for the courses. It is recommended that you go through this particular infographic to see which name is used for each course now.
