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That said, Learning Styles theories such as Kolb's model and VAK are included on this website for
very broad purposes; these materials form a part of a much bigger range of concepts and other
content concerning personality, self-awareness, self-development, and the development of mutual
understanding and teams, etc., especially for the use in adult careers, work, business, management,
human resources, and commercial training. See further notes about Learning Styles detractors and
considerations below.
Kolb’s experiential learning theory (learning styles) model
Kolb's learning theory sets out four distinct learning styles (or preferences), which are based on a
four-stage learning cycle. (which might also be interpreted as a 'training cycle'). In this respect
Kolb's model is particularly elegant, since it offers both a way to understand individual people's
different learning styles, and also an explanation of a cycle of experiential learning that applies to us
all.
Kolb includes this 'cycle of learning' as a central principle his experiential learning theory, typically
expressed as four-stage cycle of learning, in which 'immediate or concrete experiences' provide a
basis for 'observations and reflections'. These 'observations and reflections' are assimilated and
distilled into 'abstract conc WG2r&