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Learning Model of David Kolb

By Cynthia Joffrion

Dated: Jul 23, 2010

David Kolb has been widely associated with the Experiential Learning Theory.

David Kolb has been widely associated with the Experiential Learning Theory. The origins of Kolbs

theory have historical underpinnings taken from Dewey, Lewin, and Piaget. In fact, Kolb (1984) explained

that by understanding and articulating the themes of the major theorists mentioned earlier, educators are far

more capable of shaping and guiding the development of experiential learning. Above all, these theorists

promote the connection of education, work, and personal development. Kolb utilized these connections in

framing the Experiential Learning Theory.

Clearly, the said theory is a process. Kolb (1984) wrote that the Experiential Learning Theory

defines learning as the process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience.

The grasping of the experience was categorized by Kolb to extend the experience conceptually in afour-step cycled process. The concrete experience and the reflective observation stages are where the

learner experiences an activity and then reflects on the experience. The abstract conceptualization and the

active experimentation stages are where the learner transforms the experience. Within all of the four

learning stages, however, there is a connection and interplay between the acquisition and transformation of

knowledge.

A learning style is defined as the way that learning transforms knowledge. Individual learning

styles are determined by an individuals preferred way of resolving the experience and the transformation

(Kolb, 1984). In order to classify learning differences, Kolb developed a Learning Style Inventory (LSI) to

quantify an individuals learning styles. The inventory allows individuals to measure preferences for one or

more of the four identified categorical styles. The measurement is predicated on the learners approach and

entry point related to Kolbs four-stage learning cycle. The results of the survey are utilized by the learner

to help them organize their learning experience cognitively as well as organize the quality and frequency.

The inventory itself requires that the learner take an active role in completing the instrument. The

inventory has been widely used within adult education and transferred to the higher education setting.

Perhaps Kolbs greatest area of social influence is evident in the four learning styles he identified. Each

learning style explains how an individual learns and deals with experiences and social interactions. This

can assist learners in developing formal skills to effectively interact with learning experiences and dynamic

social interactions.

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