1. Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l‘Europe European Students‘ Forum Training for Trainers Nowy Sacz – August 2001 Learning Styles Lecture by Carlos Miragall Learning styles in experiential learning

2. Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l‘Europe European Students‘ Forum Training for Trainers Nowy Sacz – August 2001 Learning Styles Lecture by Carlos Miragall Comic strip examples: What are the differences??

3. Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l‘Europe European Students‘ Forum Training for Trainers Nowy Sacz – August 2001 Learning Styles Lecture by Carlos Miragall “Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what it does with what happens to him” Aldous Huxley

4. Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l‘Europe European Students‘ Forum Training for Trainers Nowy Sacz – August 2001 Learning Styles Lecture by Carlos Miragall Learning from experience is an active event Experience doesn’t always mean learning There are personal differences in learning

5. Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l‘Europe European Students‘ Forum Training for Trainers Nowy Sacz – August 2001 Learning Styles Lecture by Carlos Miragall We are going to focus on a model of experiential learning developed by R. Kolb. There are other models that can also be of interest. There are also other types of learning (emotional, learning to think, etc…)

6. Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l‘Europe European Students‘ Forum Training for Trainers Nowy Sacz – August 2001 Learning Styles Lecture by Carlos Miragall Learning is a 4 step process… CONCRETE EXPERIENCE (CE) Involve oneself fully, openly No bias in new experiences, no fear Learning by sensing, feeling: intuition Able and willing to learn Age Motivation

7. Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l‘Europe European Students‘ Forum Training for Trainers Nowy Sacz – August 2001 Learning Styles Lecture by Carlos Miragall Learning is a 4 step process… REFLECTIVE OBSERVATION (RO) Reflect on and observe experiences Many different perspectives Learning by watching

8. Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l‘Europe European Students‘ Forum Training for Trainers Nowy Sacz – August 2001 Learning Styles Lecture by Carlos Miragall Learning is a 4 step process… ABSTRACT CONCEPTUALIZATION (AC) Create concepts and generalizations Integrate experience, reflections and observations Make sense of them: personalize Learning by thinking: build a plan

9. Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l‘Europe European Students‘ Forum Training for Trainers Nowy Sacz – August 2001 Learning Styles Lecture by Carlos Miragall Learning is a 4 step process… ACTIVE EXPERIMENTATION (AE) Test implications of concepts in new situations Use theories to make decisions and solve problems Learning by doing

10. Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l‘Europe European Students‘ Forum Training for Trainers Nowy Sacz – August 2001 Learning Styles Lecture by Carlos Miragall Learning is a 4 step process?? (AE) CAN BE THE SOURCE FOR ANOTHER (CE) THROUGH FEEDBACK. STUDIES SHOW THAT THIS FEEDBACK IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN FEEDBACK FROM ANOTHER PERSON

11. Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l‘Europe European Students‘ Forum Training for Trainers Nowy Sacz – August 2001 Learning Styles Lecture by Carlos Miragall Principles for effective learning Recurring cycle: feedback Process is directed by individual needs and goals Learning styles are highly individual Key to effective learning is using each mode when appropriate

12. Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l‘Europe European Students‘ Forum Training for Trainers Nowy Sacz – August 2001 Learning Styles Lecture by Carlos Miragall Results of self-assessment test CE RO AC AE

13. Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l‘Europe European Students‘ Forum Training for Trainers Nowy Sacz – August 2001 Learning Styles Lecture by Carlos Miragall Results of self-assessment test CE RO DIVERGERS Creative Different perspectives Brainstorming artists

14. Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l‘Europe European Students‘ Forum Training for Trainers Nowy Sacz – August 2001 Learning Styles Lecture by Carlos Miragall Results of self-assessment test AC RO ASSIMILATORS Academics Theorists Eggheads Inductive reasoning

15. Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l‘Europe European Students‘ Forum Training for Trainers Nowy Sacz – August 2001 Learning Styles Lecture by Carlos Miragall Results of self-assessment test AC AE CONVERGERS Unimaginative Engineers Applying ideas Deductive reasoning

16. Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l‘Europe European Students‘ Forum Training for Trainers Nowy Sacz – August 2001 Learning Styles Lecture by Carlos Miragall Results of self-assessment test AC AE ACCOMODATORS Carrying out plans and experiments Trial and error Practical, doing things Nuts-and-bolts managers

17. Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l‘Europe European Students‘ Forum Training for Trainers Nowy Sacz – August 2001 Learning Styles Lecture by Carlos Miragall Implications Know yourself so that you can better take advantage of each situation Remember that every learning style has its own strengths, but it also has weaknesses When managing or training people, try to make use of all styles so that you provide opportunities for everybody

18. Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l‘Europe European Students‘ Forum Training for Trainers Nowy Sacz – August 2001 Learning Styles Lecture by Carlos Miragall Are there any questions??

19. Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l‘Europe European Students‘ Forum Training for Trainers Nowy Sacz – August 2001 Learning Styles Lecture by Carlos Miragall Thank you all very much for your attention.