CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Peter Honey and Alan Mumford developed their model in 1986 using four different learning styles or ways of learning. They called them; Activist, Reflector, Theorist and Pragmatist.

Detailed explanation-2: -There are many different models of how people learn. Honey and Mumford (1992) have built on Kolb’s model using more everyday language. The four different ways in which people prefer to learn that Honey and Mumford have identified, relate to a different stage in the learning cycle.

Detailed explanation-3: -Summary. The Honey and Mumford learning styles model is based on Kolb’s work and proposes that there are four different learning styles and provides the learning activities best suited to each learning style. According to the theory, each of us will prefer one or at maximum two learning styles.

Detailed explanation-4: -Kolb is a four-step learning process i.e. concrete learning, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, and active experimentation. Effective learning is achieved when a learner progresses through each stage. The learner may also enter the cycle of learning at any step using a logical sequence.

Detailed explanation-5: -Peter Honey and Alan Mumford (1986a) identify four distinct styles or preferences that people use while learning. They suggest that most of us tend to follow only one or two of these styles, and that different learning activities may be better suited to particular styles.