Analysis of Learning Theories and Styles for Professional Development

This assignment explores various learning styles and theories, including Honey and Mumford's and Kolb's models, and the learning curve. It highlights the importance of understanding these concepts for effective professional development. The assignment examines the application of different learning styles, such as accommodator, assimilator, diverger, and converger, and their implications for training and employee performance. It emphasizes the role of learning theories in planning and designing learning events, with a focus on how these theories can be used to tailor learning experiences to different personality types. The assignment also discusses the importance of transferring learning and its role in problem-solving. This assignment is a valuable resource for students seeking to understand and apply learning theories in professional contexts, with references to relevant research papers.

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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