1. Lecturer: Dr. Elisabeth Stern
Learning Styles
Lecturer:
Dr. Elisabeth Stern

2. Learning Styles
Learning Styles describe learner preferences for different types of learning and instructional activities

3. Steps or Cycle of Learning
Concrete Experience (CE)
Reflective Observation (RO)
Abstract Conceptualization (AC)
Active Experimentation (AE)

4. Concrete Experience Learning by intuition – relating to people
Learning from specific experiences
Sensitivity to feelings
Preferred Learning Situtations
Games, role plays, peer feedback, discussion
Teacher as coach/helper

5. Reflective Observer Careful observation before making a judgement
Viewing things from different perspectives
Introversion – looking inward for meaning
Preferred learning situation
Lectures, opportunities to take an observer role, objective tests of one‘s knowledge, teacher as guide/task master

6. Abstract Conceptualization
Learning by thinking - deductive thinkingy = acting on the basis of one‘s understanding of a situation
Logical analysis of ideas
Systematic planning
Preferred learning situations
Study time alone, theory reading, well-structured presentations, teacher as communicator of information.

7. Active Experimentation
Learning by doing – risk taking
strong desire to get things done
Extroversion – acting to influence people and events
Preferred learning situations
Small group discussions, projects and individualized, self-paced learning activities, oportunities to practice and receive feedback, teacher as role model on how to do it.

8. Culturally preferred Learning Mode
Concrete Experience: Latin Americans, (Asians), SEE, Women
Abstract Conceptualization: Northern and Central Europeans
Reflective Observation: Asian
Active Experimentation: USA
These cultural trends have been discovered by learning style research. Agree/disagree??