Kolb model compared with Honey and Mumford’s learning styles.
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Active Experimentation – planning/trying out what you have learnt
Active experimentation can be related to pragmatists. Pragmatists try out new ideas that are practical and down-to-earth and are quick to implement rather than being drawn into protracted discussions.
Concrete Experience – doing/having the experience
Concrete experience has strong association with activists who thrive on challenge and the immediate experience.
Reflective Observation – reviewing/reflecting on the experience
Reflective observation seems to mirror reflectors who tend to stand back, gather information and think things through. This takes reflectors longer to reach conclusions but their conclusions are well thought through.
Abstract Conceptualization – concluding/learning from the experience
Abstract conceptualization correlates to theorists who think things through in logical steps in order to turn disparate facts into sound theories that are rational and objective.