Bpp learning Media is an acca approved Content Provider

QUESTION 
Learning styles
 
With reference to the four learning styles drawn up by Honey and Mumford, which of these styles do you 
think most closely resembles your own? What implications has this got for the way you learn? 
ANSWER 
Depending on your answer you will learn most effectively in particular given situations. For example, the 
theorist will learn best from lectures and books, whereas the activist will get most from practical 
activities. 
 
1.4 The learning cycle: Kolb
People can learn from everyday work experience, using the 
learning cycle 
of reflection, generalisation 
and application. 
Another useful model is the 
experiential learning cycle
devised by David 
Kolb 
(1984). Experiential 
learning involves doing and puts the learner in an active problem-solving role: a form of self-learning 
which encourages learners to formulate and commit themselves to their own learning objectives. 
Suppose that an employee interviews a customer for the first time (concrete experience). They observe 
their own performance and the dynamics of the situation (observation) and afterwards, having failed to 
convince the customer to buy the product, the employee thinks about what they did right and wrong 
(reflection). They come to the conclusion that they failed to listen to what the customer really wanted 
and feared, underneath their general reluctance: they realise that the key to communication is active 
listening (abstraction/generalisation). They decide to apply active listening techniques in their next 
 EXAM FOCUS POINT 
Learning styles are the basic theories underpinning training. Bear in mind, though, that more practical 
aspects (such as training needs analysis and programme planning or the benefits of training), would be 
equally well suited to exam questions.
BPP Tutor Toolkit Copy

---

CHAPTER 16
//
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT