CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Kolb’s theory explains that concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualisation and active experimentation form a four-stage process (or cycle) transformed into effective learning. Applying Kolb’s learning theory has benefits for students, educators and employers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Abstract conceptualization: creating theories to explain observations. Active experimentation: using theories to solve problems, make decisions.

Detailed explanation-3: -What title did Kolb give to, ‘when we learn by creating theories to explain our observations and behaviors’, as part of his ‘experiential learning theory’? Abstraction conceptualization.

Detailed explanation-4: -Kolb’s four learning styles are Diverging (feeling and watching), Assimilating (watching and thinking), Converging (doing and thinking), and Accommodating (doing and feeling). In Kolb’s theory, people have a tendency to have one of these four distinct styles which impacts the way they learn.