1. Learning Styles (Kolb)
Note that the texts in orange colour (why, what, etc.) are not part of Kolb’s theory but point ahead to McCarthy’s 4MAT model, which will be described in the next slide.

2. The 4MAT System (McCarthy)
The four types of learners are labelled as WHY, WHAT, HOW and WHAT IF people. The percentages in the diagram indicate how what percentages of people fall into those categories, according to McCarthy. These percentages show that you can expect a fair percentage of your students to be in each of the four categories, which means you must cater your trainings for all four types of learners.

3. The 4MAT System as applied to ABI
All Learning Types:
1. Engagement: Whole Population Approach, Relevance and Evidence for ABI
2. Sharing: Presentations & Participation, the Structure and workings of ABIs
3. Practice: How it is delivered, Skills Base and Good Practice
4. Performance: Using the Screening Tool and Applying Case Studies, Questions
It is important to remember that any model is just that – a model, and not reality. People are not bound by the 4MAT model and can therefore never simply be classified and told “you are a WHY person!”. It is about learning preferences – most of us fall into more than one category, sometimes even all four. But it is also true that most of us do prefer one of these four over the others.

4. Learning Pyramid
However, looking at the time pressures of ABI delivery this pyramid could be ‘inverted’ in terms of investment. So although only 10|% of what is read is remembered, it is often the easiest way of imparting information – i.e. in pre-reading literature. The practice element is most time intensive as with some of the other exercises which will also involve a degree of Q&A.

5. Training Methods
See, Hear, Write and Do – examples of methods and diverse application as good practice