Human Resource Development

Understand learning theories
and learning styles
Task 1: LO1 (M1)

1.1 Comparing Different Learning Styles
Honey and Mumford
Learning Styles
● Identified four different learning activity
● Four different preferences.

Contd.
Kolb’s Learning Styles
● Four different learning style
● Diverging
● Assimilating
● Converging
● Accommodating

Contd.
Myers Briggs Type
Indicator
● Four preferences to deal with
● Extraversion and Introversion
● Sensing and Intuition
● Thinking and Feeling
● Judgment and Perception

Contd.
Honey and Mumford Learning Styles v Kolb’s
Learning Styles
● Activist => Accommodating
● Theorist => Assimilating
● Reflector => Diverging
● Pragmatist => Converging

1.2 Role of Learning curve
Learning curve
● Ensure planning and training for
the desired candidates
● Optimal Budget allocation for
workshop
● Optimal choice for the location of
workshop
● Improve quality of learning

LEARNING CURVE

1.2 Importance of transferring learning
● Transferring learning is all about
● Helps in resolving problems and issues
by sharing experience
● Scenario analysis with past
experiences

1.3 Contribution of learning theories when
planning and designing a learning event
● Honey and Mumford learning theory & Kolb’s Learning theory helps
in exploring the personality styles
● Each personality styles adapts different strategy or ways to learn a
skill or craft
● These learning styles and theories helps the Human Resource
Managers to review the employees from recruitment to training to
job performance

References
● Yoo, M. S., & Park, H. R. (2015). Effects of case‐based learning on communication skills, problem‐solving ability,
and learning motivation in nursing students. Nursing & health sciences, 17(2), 166-172.
● Entwistle, N., & Ramsden, P. (2015). Understanding Student Learning (Routledge Revivals). Routledge.
● Kolb, A., & Kolb, D. A. (2012). Kolb’s learning styles. In Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning (pp. 1698-1703).
Springer US.
● Mumford, A. (2013). Four approaches to learning from experience. Employee Councelling Today.
● Chang, R. I., Hung, Y. H., & Lin, C. F. (2015). Survey of learning experiences and influence of learning style
preferences on user intentions regarding MOOCs. British Journal of Educational Technology, 46(3), 528-541.

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