Kolb's Expeeintial Learning Cycle

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Kolb's Experiential Learning Cycle

The most widely used learning theory is Kolb's experiential learning cycle. There are four stages starting

with Concrete Experience.

Stage  Description  Activities to help



Concrete Kolb's cycle starts with a concrete experience. In other words,  ice breakers &
experience it begins with doing something in which the individual, team energisers
or organisation are assigned a task. Key to learning therefore  team games
is active involvement. In Kolb's model one cannot learn by  problem solving
simply watching or reading about it, to learn effectively the  discussion
individual, team or organisation must actually do.  practical exercises,
e.g. making a
presentation
 debates
Reflective The second stage in the cycle is that of reflective observation.  ask for observation
observation This means taking time-out from "doing" and stepping back  write a short
from the task and reviewing what has been done and report on what
experienced. At this stage lots of questions are asked and took place
communication channels are opened to others members of  give feedback to
the team. Vocabulary is very important and is needed to other participants
verbalize and discuss with others.  quiet thinking time
 tea & coffee
breaks
 completing
learning logs or
diaries
Abstract Abstract Conceptualisation is the process of making sense of  present models
conceptualisation what has happened and involves interpreting the events and  give theories
understanding the relationships between them. At this stage  give facts
the learner makes comparisons between what they have
done, reflect upon and what they already know. They may
draw upon theory from textbooks for framing and explaining
events, models they are familiar with, ideas from colleagues,
previous observations, or any other knowledge that they have
developed.
Active The final stage of the learning cycle is when the learner  give learners time
experimentation considers how they are going to put what they have learnt to plan
into practice. Planning enables taking the new understanding  use case studies
and translates it into predictions as to what will happen next  use role play
or what actions should be taken to refine or revise the way a  ask learners to use
task is to be handled. For learning to be useful most people real problems
need to place it in a context that is relevant to them. If one
cannot see how the learning is useful to one's life then it is
likely to be forgotten very quickly.

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