Kolb Learning Cycle Assignment

Reflective learning

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
ANALYSIS......................................................................................................................................3
Kolb learning cycle:....................................................................................................................3
ORID model:...............................................................................................................................5
Gibbs reflective model:...............................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Learning is the ongoing process of new or modifying existing knowledge, skills, values
or preferences. The ability to learn is generally comes professional and skilled people to the led
an individual development (Hwang and et. al., 2015). Also, reflective journal is the process of
putting key focus on a self-evaluation or development in case of raising scope for new skills and
knowledge at a productive stage. Also, role of a reflective learning is consists of several valuable
theory with a clear ability to understand on “what is an actual learning and what have been learnt
in an entire process”. In conceptual way, this journal will cover reflective learning with use of
Kolb and ORID model for the purpose of critical thinking and also other framework such as
Gibbs reflective cycle will be use to persist “what have been happen and what was learnt during
group project”. Lastly, it will also reflect on difference between theory and practice applied on
that group project along with light on group dynamics, team dimension, critical or creative
thinking at an optimised scale.
ANALYSIS
In this journal, learning will be the undertaken from the group project for a purpose of the
work. While doing group project, I realised that, several diversity have been observed in group
such as adult and young people, age wise differences, culture, caste or creed matter or behaviour
of the people (Ryan, 2015). Also, skills and competencies of the group member varies at certain
level. In this, models such as Kolb and ORID will be used to put focus on understanding critical
and creative thinking to make realises what limitation and drawback have occurred during group
project basis. The discussion on the Kolb learning cycle is as follows:
Kolb learning cycle:
Kolb's adult learning cycle theory has been comes into an existence to do critical thinking
on what a learner have been learnt during group project. In every project or task, there are some
critical learning which comes from application of an appropriate skill, knowledge or traits, on
which critical thinking is important to led an effective outcomes. The complete discussion of this
learning model is as follows:

This model is comprises of four different stages such as: concrete experience, reflective
observation, abstract conceptualisation and active experimentation. This model is in shape of the
cycle wheel.
The first side of the wheel is concrete experience is getting any new experience, in this I
was encountered by opportunity to learn new skills, competencies or knowledge in order to do
more & more projects in a future (Müller and et. al., 2014). Also, during this, I was encountered
with certain problems or difficulties such as non responsiveness of the team member, lack of
some required skills and traits for me and team people both. I faced roadblocks such as closure of
a task by the people due to the reason of they were no responding to defined goals or objectives
of the group. In that, I faced closure of the work for some days, conflict among the team people
and break down of the trust. In result, this stage of the Kolb model put analysis of an experience
from the starting of a project till its end to arrive at a proper outcomes.
The second side of the wheel is a reflective observation, in which reviewing of a learning
exp have to be taken into consideration and generating own conclusion drawn on the basis of
past performances. Group an entire group project, I viewed that my performances was good and
also other diverse people performance was good, but not that much effective. On this, I have
made conclusion which says due to diverse nature or people, training and orientation is necessary
for team people to develop a kind of a positive thinking and contributes efforts in a proper and
effective way.
The third side of the cycle is an abstract conceptualisation which means that learner will
have to make certain assumption which will comes from learning and reflection. I have made
assumption that proper outlook or seen making is necessary to generates more learning in an
appropriate manner (Embo and et. al., 2014). If this will be talks in my perception, I have several
skills such as an effective communication, power of an interactiveness along with the aptitude to
bring a kind of coherent work. With help of this model, I have put my emphasis on expressing
my own feelings and focus on encouraging self confidence to ascertain relative outcomes in the
stated period of time. I have generated an idea of training & development to the team people with
the focus on overcoming negative impacts of a diverse culture of a team group. More skills or
traits are required to overcome negative impacts or effects.
The fourth side of this cycle is an active experimentation in which the learner's is now
required to make active implementation what he/she thinks to develop an effective learning out