The learning cycle and learning styles
Featured in the Developing People: The Manager's Role training manual
By Caroline Love
Category: People Management and Motivation
Credit price: 3 download credits (Single user)
Adults learn in different ways and the more managers understand about adult learning, the more effective they can be as developers of people. This training activity provides a brief introduction to the theory of adult learning and provides opportunities for participants to explore what this means for them personally and for the staff they manage.
You introduce the participants to the purpose of the training activity, Kolb’s learning cycle, and the four different learning styles identified by Peter Honey and Alan Mumford. Participants then consider their own learning style(s). Following a brief discussion of learning styles in the workplace, the strengths and weaknesses of the different styles are considered. The participants then list the implications of the different styles and, finally, consider what the implications of the different styles are for their staff, through a detailed consideration of a sample of three staff.
Who is it for: This training resource is intended for use by trainers to introduce participants to Kolb’s learning cycle and Honey and Mumford’s learning styles, and how we use these to learn.
| Resource Type: | Activity |
| Min Group Size: | 4 |
| Max Group Size: | 20 |
| Typical Duration: | 02:25:00 |
| No of Pages: | 20 |
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Purpose: This training resource is intended for use by trainers early in a programme on developing people: the manager’s role. It can also be used on a train the trainer programme or a management development programme.
Download the training activity, The learning cycle and learning styles as featured in the Fenman training manual; Developing People: The Manager's Role