Reflection: Learning and Growth

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I had so many experiences during this course from October 2018. There are so many problems
were faced during this course related to my studies. I was nervous from this course in starting of
October 2018 because of less understanding about the course work and different activities. There
are so many ways for handling those problems but I learnt many things form that problem in my
life.
Kolb’s learning cycle
I learnt about handling the problems in critical situations from the Kolb’s learning cycle.
According to the Kolb’s learning cycle, reflection is the best part of life and studies. It will help
in the problem solving activities. It is having four phases for learning and reflection (Zeichner &
Liu, 2010).
It was about learning from different things near you, such as feeling, watching, thinking and
doing. As shown in the below figure.
Source: (Vince, 1998)
It is an experiential learning cycle, which suggest about the learning. It has four stages, which are
follows:
1. Concrete experiences
2. Learning by observation
3. Learning by conceptualization

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4. Learning by experiencing
All these stages are in a cycle as all are related to each other. Anyone can enter in this cycle in
any stage and follow it for learning from different things, but it is important that complete all the
stages (Antenna & Unsplash, 2018). First stage is concrete experiences, which is related to the
feelings. Feelings are related from the different activities. I learnt from this stage that every
activity is important for the learning. During that course, I attended so many activities and i
learnt about learning from them. It is also helpful for the learning from feelings. I learnt from
different activities, such as poster making activities are making me more innovative.
Second stage of Kolb’s life cycle is learning from the observation, which means observation of
different things and learn from them. I followed it and always observer classes, activities and
many other things. All these things are making me more confident to solving the problem. It was
about watching different things happened near to you or in your daily life. It was so helpful for
understanding different things in the classroom (Giddens, 2001). I always observe my lecturer
and I learnt so many things. It was so helpful for me to learning so many things from the
watching and observing the different activities. I also reflect them into my life. I used lecture
delivery style for presentation, which was I learnt from my guide in that course. I learnt about the
reflection from the observation. It means observe the scenario or the activities and learn from
them. They are used for the handling same situation in future.
Next stage is abstract conceptualization, which means thinking about the different things and
reflects on them. It is helpful for the handling critical situations in the life (Johns, 2017). I
handled so many critical situations from my critical thinking skill. I am make different concepts
and used them for problem solving.
Fourth stage is active experimentation in which learning by doing is followed for handling
different things. It was the best stage for the learning. This stage is helpful for the problem
solving and project management. It is helpful for my complete course and during the course.
Kolb’s experiential learning has different characteristics, which are follows:
 Learning is a process in which learn from different things and uses them.
 Learning is never ended proses