According to Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory, referring to ways to knowing, I lean more towards Concrete Experience. I refer to my direct experience rather than thinking. “A Concrete Experience orientation focuses on being involved in experiences and dealing with immediate human situations in a personal way. It emphasizes feeling more than thinking” (“The Learning Style Inventory”, para. 6). This helps because I can get involved in the situation at hand. It also allows me the patience to deal with people. This especially comes in handy in my current occupation. I work in Technical Support, so I am constantly dealing and communicating with people. It is important to know how to efficiently communicate with the customers to obtain useful information …show more content…
That was a real surprise to me because it suggests that my preferred working environment is in a team (Chiong, S, 2011, para. 10). I don’t mind working in a team and can still strive in one, however I tend to prefer to work alone. I enjoy my job for that reason. I am an IT Manager at a small IT consulting company. I am in daily communication with my boss and coworkers to ensure all trouble tickets and requests are being completed. However, I work alone most of the time. Much of my work is troubleshooting, diagnosing, and resolving computer issues. The ability to resolve these problems on my own brings me much confidence. I also work faster alone. The term, “too many cooks in the kitchen”, applies to many situations in my job. Being an accommodator, I prefer “hands-on” work. This seems to match up to my current work. When I am troubleshooting a new problem, I tend to prefer to “jump in” and resolve the issue by trial and error. I don’t spend too much time thinking or coming up with theories to why certain software or hardware is not functioning as it should. Instead, I use other people’s analysis’ to implement solutions. I obtain this information by conducting researches on the Internet. However, I only do research when I encounter unfamiliar problems. I have a good memory, so I store my findings and apply them to similar problems in the future. This allows me to dive straight into a problem, even unfamiliar ones. I use my …show more content…
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Individuals are differ in their learning style. It is depend on how people learn based on ability to comprehend and retain information. Adult have more life experience to build on and competing responsibilities. The unique about adult learner is adult generally are more resistant to new ideas, autonomous, self-directed, goal oriented and relevancy oriented. Learning styles will be influence by their genetic make-up, previous learning experiences, culture and the society they live in. There are many ways of looking at learning styles, one of the learning style is Kolb’s experiential learning style. Kolb’s (1984) identify four types of learning styles; convergent, divergent, assimilator and accommodator. Experiential learning style is the process
Learning is defined as a permanent change in attitude or behaviour that occurs as a result of repeated experience (Sims & Sims, 1995). Understanding one’s learning style has many advantages as it can help one to identify the learning method or activities that can help to optimise the learning experience. It has been suggested that the importance of one’s learning style has been identified through studies and research on how one can maximise the potential for success and further learning development (Honey & Mumford, 2006). Learning styles are unique to each individual and are developed in childhood (Chase, 2001). We all have different personalities; therefore we all have preferred learning styles that suit us best. The way one learns depends on preference. Some learn by observing, listening and imitating others and draw conclusions from their experience. There are several factors that affect our learning style; for example, background, culture, religion and environment can have a major influence on one’s learning.
The Value of Learning Styles Learning styles and their value have been debated for some time. Students may have a preferred style, but this doesn’t mean that educators should use just one form to accommodate an individual’s style. Using a multitude of styles will keep a student’s interest and will ensure a solid understanding of the information presented. Many researchers believe that everyone has a preferred learning style and have developed a list of questions that, if answered truthfully, are designed to indicate what preferred style the learner has. Basic learning styles are auditory, visual and kinesthetic.
As a newborn, babies are born with under developed brains in order for the baby to fit through the average human birth canal. Instantly they begin learning and retaining information they need to survive. After just a few minutes they learn to touch, smell, hear and cry. So why is it so much harder for adults to retain information like they did at such a young age? This is a question I have been asking myself for many years, and I believe that learning the different learning styles may help me and my classmates with our future. Some types of learning styles I was tested on included kinesthetic, visual, and aural. Below, I will discuss the different types of learning styles, how I scored based on the tests we had to take, and how I thought I
While reading Kolb 's Learning Styles Model and Experiential Learning Theory, I have identified myself as an accommodating learner. At first I was somewhat surprised, but the more I read about the learning styles, particularly after I completed Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory it made more sense. I have a very hands-on style, which matches perfectly with my enjoyment of performing tests to find the root cause of behavior that I’m investigating. However, sometimes I rush to make decisions on the impulse of having the task at hand finished, failing to analyze all the options that are available. Another element of the accommodate learning style that identifies me is the fact that I enjoy a good challenge. I found very interesting to solve difficult
To determine the best way I learn, I carried out two different learning styles questionnaires online. One may find that they are not always categorised in a specific type rather they may have more than one learning preference. Firstly, the most commonly used Neil Fleming’s VARK model. Fleming believes that there are four different types of learner: Visual, Auditory, Reading/writing and Kinesthetic learners. The second model I tried out was Soloman-Felder Learning Styles and Strategies.
Learning styles are how individuals approach learning new concepts based on their strengths, weaknesses, and preferences. Acquiring and being aware of your learning styles is beneficial to accurately processing information that could be used for intellectual growth. Furthermore, learning styles are a part of how humans function and receive information from their world, so not being properly informed about this concept could bloom confusion, dysfunction, and chaos in society. Each learning style has a different goal and approach in interpreting information based on each individual’s abilities and should be regarded as being such. Nonetheless, it is a complex system that is produced to simplify and make sense of our world. Read/write was the
Many people in history, as well as my mentors, have influenced my personal learning philosophy about early childhood learning.
An aspect of my learning style that causes me concern is that I am a perfectionist. I spend a great deal of time on an assignment to ensure that I am completely satisfied with it. For instance, I have spent a lot of time thinking about this short memo that shouldn’t take any more than an hour to write. Since I strive to make an A in every class I take, I do not have a lot of free time for enjoyment. I need to learn how to be a functional perfectionist that can find the balance between doing a great job and not spending too much time on an assignment. Another aspect that causes me concern is my impatience to fully read an assignment. Our generation has become accustomed to abridged information so we no longer want to read an assignment fully. I prefer bullet points that contain all the requirements for a task. This will be a problem in 1201 since there is a major focus on attention to detail. The grading process in the class relies heavily on following very specific instructions. If I am going to be successful, I will need to read every assignment fully. One final
Generally speaking, Mullock’s research paper is easy to follow and understand. At the very first stage of reading the article, I found quite confused with the way which the writer presented her points. Yet, the more I read the article, the clearer and more logical her points became. She studied an issue that has been perennial topic of discussion in any educational context, so the title drew attention at the first time of reading. The interest was heightened as reading through the article. As obviously showed on the paper, there was a change in today students’ perceptions of what constitutes a good language teacher compared to those of students in the past. The author has a firm background of TESOL teaching and teacher training. Plus, she utilized a lot of appropriate sources to back her points of view up. For instance, Mullock’s respondents were experienced and intending teachers, so she compared her respondents’ answers to findings of other studies on teacher’s thought. As a result, the credibility of this study is not a controversial matter. Another good point of this study is the appropriateness of the language use because Mullock used familiar terminology in education field when the targeted audiences are TESOL students, teachers, educational researchers and educators.
Wow! I have a personal learning style! If I had given any thought to my learning style prior to this course, I would have said simply, “Some things are easy for me to learn, and some things are not.” Now I can say, “I am a grouper, a top-down learner, an owl, in the C-D quadrants, and my strong intelligences are linguistic, intrapersonal, and interpersonal”. What all this means, still, is some things are easy for me to learn, and some things are not. But there I go again, simplifying the matter.
Learning style is cognitive, emotional and the physiological factors can clearly define how a learner manages within a structured learning environment. Additionally, the different learning styles can provide a basic understanding for trainers on how learners prefer to learn. Nonetheless, learning styles should not be used to divide people into learning sub groups. Individuals can learn in any learning style, however may prefer one style over another.
Many suffer from physical and mental obstacles that others are unaware of. Going through obstacles is part of life. Everyone has their own story of how they arrived to where they are in life. These accounts are unique to each and every individual. The important factor to remember is that these are personal experiences. What outside viewers perceive, as not a “great” accomplishment should not matter to the individual who struggled to achieve their goal, because no one, except that person, understands what it took to attain it. Others do not know your story and the obstacles you have overcome to get where you are now. There are a couple of hardships in my life that I have surpassed, and when I reminisce upon them I find great satisfaction in knowing I’ve overcome them.
Everyone has different learning styles. Learning styles are important because they help you better understand materials in classes. They are there to guide you and become a better student. Learning styles help you better grasp the material and better process it through your brain. When learning you want to do what is most beneficial for you. That is why there is many different learning styles to suit every person. There is three different types of learning styles categorized. The first learning style is auditory. Auditory is meant for individuals that enjoy asking questions, talking and listening, as well as like to read out loud. Visual learners are more interested in charts, graphs, neat surroundings, seeing rather than hearing, and are pictured to be timid as they read to themselves rather than out loud. Finally there is the kinesthetic learning style. Kinesthetic is to touch, to feel, and usually learn by doing.
Thought out our lives, we are faced with many different learning experiences. Some of these experiences have made a better impact than others. This can be attributed to everyone’s different multiple intelligences or learning styles. A persons learning style is the method though which they gain information about their environment. As a teacher, it is our responsibility to know these styles, so we can reach each of our students and use all of the necessary methods.