DENISE GARDNER

Kolb Learning Inventory

Kolb Experiential Learning Cycle

ENGAGE, EMPOWER AND CONNECT
WHAT MAKES A GREAT TEACHER?
The Best Get Better


SHIFTING TO 21ST CENTURY THINKING
New, advanced form of capitalism in which
knowledge and ideas are the main source of
economic growth.

Knowledge is defined and valued not for
what it is, but for what it can do.

Do our assessments and instructional strategies inspire our students?
VALUE & EXPECTANCY
If a student
DOESNT expect to
succeed and...
DOES expect to
succeed and...
DOESNT value
the task...
resistance, rejection,
resentment and anger at
being coerced into a
perceived unpleasant,
pointless activity
evasion, do minimum,
attention drifts to
competing interests
DOES value the
task...
make excuses, pretend to
understand, deny
difficulties, focus on
protecting the ego
engagement, happy
to focus on
developing
knowledge & skill
V
a
l
u
e

Expectancy
Tony Hsieh, Zappos
DO YOU USE THIS?

TWITTER
21
ST
CENTURY SKILLS
Critical Thinking
Citizenship
Create
Communicate
Collaborate
Can Technology do everything?
COGNITIVE PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING
Learning is a visual process
Students have short attention spans
Easily overloaded
Must connect to the past
Tied to emotion
Feedback
Practice testing
Mills, H.R. (1977) Techniques of Technical Training, 3rd Ed. Macmillan, London
Permission of Macmillan Press
SHORT ATTENTION SPANS
COGNITIVE PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING
Learning is a visual process
Students have short attention spans
Easily overloaded
Must connect to the past
Tied to emotion
Feedback
Practice testing
Research Findings
Report on the Symposium
Teaching and Learning in Higher
Education
Talking Stock
good pedagogy
= active engagement
learning anytime,
anywhere
Why?
problem based learning
actively practicing
case studies
service learning
discussions
inquiry
lecture only
answering questions






Sarah Wilkinson,
2013
Cartoon by Bill Browning, from: http://www.mnispi.org/cartoon/2001/index.htm.
HOW DO WE LEARN?
Experiential learning theory: John Dewey, Kurt Lewin,
Jean Piaget, Carl Jung, Paulo Freire, Carl Rogers and
others.

David Kolb, 1984 research

Six propositions shared by these scholars
HOW WE LEARN
1. Learning is a process
2. All learning is relearning
3. Learning requires the resolution of conflicts
between opposed views of the world
4. Learning is a holistic process
5. Learning results from transactions between the
student and the environment
6. Learning is the process of creating knowledge



KOLBS CYCLE
WHEN YOU LEARNED SOMETHING NEW
What did you
learn?
Where were
you?
How did you
go about it?
Talk with a friend
Read a book
Attended a lecture
Trial and error
Took part in a session
Were you on
your own or
with others?
Did it seem
Difficult or
easy
Back Pocket
of your
Binder
TIME TO TRY THE ASSESSMENT
Read the questions
If you agree more than disagree with a
statement, make a check mark
Activist Concrete Experience
Reflector Observation and Reflection
Theorist Forming abstract concepts
Pragmatist Testing and Planning


YOUR RESULTS
Accommodating Diverging
Converging Assimilating
Experiencing
Reflecting
Thinking
Doing
AE
AC
100
80
60
40
20
THE LEARNING STYLES
Diverging - CE & RO Activists and Reflectors
Viewing concrete situations from different points
of view
Broad cultural interests
Gather ideas
Interested in people, imaginative, emotional
Tend to specialize in arts
Prefer to work in groups, to listen with an open
mind, personalized feedback
Assimilating AC & RO Theorists & Reflectos
Wide range of information into logical, concise
form
Less focused on people and more interested in
ideas and abstract concepts
Science and information careers (soundness of
theory)
Prefer readings, lectures, exploring analytical
models and time to think things through


THE LEARNING STYLES
Converging AC & AE Theorist and Pragmatist
Practical uses for ideas and theories
Have the ability to solve problems
Prefer technical tasks and problems
Specialists and technical careers
Prefer to experiment with new ideas,
simulations, labs and practical applications
THE LEARNING STYLES
Accommodating CE & AE Activtist and Pragmatist
Hands-on
Carrying out plans
Want to be involved in new, challenging experiences
Act on gut feelings
Rely on people for information rather than on their
own analysis
Action-oriented, work with others to get assignments
done, set goals, do field work and test different
approaches in completing a project

THE LEARNING STYLES
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
The stages identified in the Kolb cycle involve different skills
People tend to be stronger on some skills in the cycle than others
Kolb and Fry identified four learning styles based on a
combination of skills needed in the Kolb cycle
MAKE A GROUP BASED ON YOUR PREFERENCE
Accommodators make a lesson plan for
Assimilators
Assimilators make a lesson plan for
Accomodators
Divergers make a lesson plan for Convergers
Convergers make a lesson plan for
Divergers.

LESSON PLAN
How to make a pizza.
DEBRIEF
What did you come up with?
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