Kolb Cycle 13 Oct 2009 (first Session)

Today was my first session at Middlesex University. It was really great to meet the others & work in groups to disscuss the Kolb's learning cycle.

 We cut & pasted a blog sample into kolb's learning cycle sheet.  Then we explored & described the stages & qualitites of the cycle, as we listened to different views  from other groups.

I've learned about the main 4 stages of kolb's learning cycle, the process represnts a learning cycle where the learner goes through all the stages to create an experience of learning.

which are: 

1. Concrete Experience (doing / having an experience)

2. Reflective Observation (reviewing / reflecting on the experience)

3. Abstract Conceptualisation (concluding / learning from the experience)

4. Active Experimentation (planning / trying out what you have learned)

Concrete experiences lead to observations and reflections. These reflections are then absorbed into abstract concepts with implications for action, which the learner can actively experiment with, which in turn enable the creation of new experiences.

I've also learned about Reflective dairy, that should be:

• help with tracking my progress (what happen & what will happen next , what is the situation- choices of experience ..etc)
• including an evidence to what i work on.
• specifying a time for writing on the dairy (electronic- paper based)
  
• thinking of actions taken
• describable/ evaluate the practice
• enjoyable to me/ production
• honestly written.