Inclusive learning styles and self exploration

INCLUSIVE LEARNING STYLES

SELF EXPLORATION

Luisa Lora . Becca Van Drimmelen . Bruce Mann

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Name!Year in school!

Role on campus!First thing you did this morning !

WHERE ARE WE GOING?

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Identify and understand the needs, strengths and limitations of Kolb’s four primary learning styles.!

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Develop awareness of own learning style and learning preferences, including strengths and gaps. !

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Identify effective ways to apply their own learning style in working with diverse others in order to create inclusive climates that value differences. !

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IT’S A TEST!

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DAVID A. KOLB Social psychologist!

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THEORY OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

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M.A. (1964) and Ph.D (1967) from Harvard!

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DAVID A. KOLB Seminal book (1984):!Experiential learning: Experience as the source of learning and development!

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THEORY OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

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DIMENSIONS OF LEARNING

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DIMENSIONS OF LEARNING

GRASPING DIMENSION

How we think !about things!

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DIMENSIONS OF LEARNING

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DIMENSIONS OF LEARNING

PROCESSING DIMENSION How we do things!

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MODES OF LEARNING

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Increased self awareness of own preferences.!!More considerate of other styles. What they contribute and need.!!Create a more inclusive learning environment.!

IMPORTANCE

STRENGTHS ACTIVITY

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CASE STUDIES

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1. What is the student’s learning style?!!2. What led you to the answer?!!3. Can you identify with either of the students?!Why? !

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REFLECTION

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QUESTIONS ?

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REFERENCES Kolb, D. A. (1981). Learning styles and disciplinary differences. In A. W. Chickering (Ed.), The modern American college: Responding to the new realities of diverse students and a changing society (pp. 232-255). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Kolb, D. A. (1984). Experiential learning: Experience as the source of learning and development. Upper Saddle River, NJ. Prentice Hall.

IMAGE SOURCES Road: Flikr/Iman Khalili David Kolb: EBSL Inc. Lego: Flikr/Pasukaru76 Journal: Flikr/Liam Kearney Stack of Books designed by Jeremy J. Bristol from the Noun Project

CREATIVE  COMMONS