Introduction to Learning and Assessment: Piaget and Vygotsky's Theories, VAK Learning Styles, and Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory

INTRODUCTION TO
LEARNING AND
ASSESSMENT

Contents
Contents...........................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
Entry 1.............................................................................................................................................1
Introduction..................................................................................................................................1
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Entry 2.............................................................................................................................................3
Introduction..................................................................................................................................3
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Conclusion...................................................................................................................................4
Entry 3: Evaluation of Kolb’s experiential learning theory and learning styles..............................4
Introduction..................................................................................................................................4
Main Body...................................................................................................................................4
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Learning can be described as a process that acquires new knowledge, understanding, skills,
values and behaviour (Bagnall and Hodge, 2018). This project portfolio reflects different topics
based on education and training that are developed on basis of different theoretical as well as
practical approaches. It includes a comparison of Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s theories for cognitive
development. It also includes an evaluation of VAK learning styles. Moreover, it also includes
an evaluation of Kolb’s experiential learning theories and learning styles.
MAIN BODY
Entry 1
Introduction
Cognitive development is one of the terms which starts with birth and it goes till the adulthood of
a person. It is a field of study which focus on the development of a child in the context to
information processing, perceptual skills, conceptual resources, language learning as well as
other components of the adult brain as well as cognitive psychology (Beck, 2019). Piaget and
Vygotsky are considered as the most important theorists in the field of cognitive development.
These psychologists explain cognitive development from different perspectives. Both of these
theories given by these psychologists have major implications in the field of education and a
comparison of it, is presented in this entry.
Main body
Piaget’s theory is one of the models which explains the cognitive development of children. It
consists of different changes to be present in cognitive abilities and processes. In this theory, the
psychologist also explains through interviews, experiments with children and observes that the
thinking of children is qualitatively distinct from adults. According to this theory, the growth of
children enables them to enter into different stages of cognitive development. It is an approach
that focuses on the development approach of education. Piaget is focusing on the readiness
approach which emphasis the development of psychology that a child is not able to learn
something till they get certain prerequisites from maturation (Fischer, Lundin and Lindberg,
2020). For instance, Children are unable to understand the feelings of other people before the
pre-operational stage. It is an approach to be considered by teachers that children think from a
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