“EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING” IS IN THE AIR!

As I was brainstorming about this week’s Framers topic, I came across Michael’s last article, “The Challenge and Discomfort of Learning”, and also accidently stumbled on Marzuki’s older article, “Demonstration Skills for Trainers”. Reading both articles together lit up, in the strange wiring of my mind, two long-forgotten learning models for Kolb, both of which are essential for a trainer’s understanding of the trainees’ learning cycle and needs, in order to effectively achieve the desired learning outcome. Kolb describes the learning cycle as consisting of 4 stages:

According to Kolb, effective learning is seen when a person progresses through a cycle of four stages: (1) having a concrete experience followed by (2) observation of and reflection on that experience which leads to (3) the formation of abstract concepts (analysis) and generalizations (conclusions) which are then (4) used to test hypothesis in future situations, resulting in new experiences.