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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FOUR LEARNING STYLES
(Sources: Learning Styles. FEDA, 1995;
Honey & Mumford, The Manual of Learning Styles.
1992)
STRENGTHS
ACTIVISTS
Doing
things
Putting ideas into
action
Enjoy change and
variety
Flexibility
Acting quickly
REFLECTORS
Collection of data from
variety of sources
Looking at situations from
various perspectives and
grasping the big picture
PRAGMATISTS
Practical application of
ideas
Integrating theory and
practice
Decision making in
organisations
Getting things done
THEORISTS
Creating theoretical models
Thoroughness
Industriousness
Verbal skills
Developing and working with
systems
Dealing
with ideas
Solving
problems
To know the
experts' views
To work
alone
PREFERENCES
New experiences
Taking risks
Getting involved in activities
with people
Getting things done
More interested in people
(how they behave and
how
they feel) than in
structures
To get involved directly
and then reflect on the
experience
More
concerned with
processes than outcomes
More interested in
structural aspects of
situations than in people.
CONCERNED
ABOUT
Personal
relevance
Doing what
interests them
Personal
meaning
The feelings of
others
Maintaining wide
ranging
interests
Harmony
Testing things out to get
correct solution
Practical application of
what they learn
Details
Quality
of information
Accuracy of
facts
Personal
effectiveness
Intellectual
ability
PREFERRED
WAY OF
LEARNING AND
WORKING
ACTIVISTS
Self discovery,
trial and error
learning
Learning by doing
Flexible approaches to
learning
Not
worried about getting it
wrong
Can work well with others
Likes attention, chairing
meeting, leading discussions
etc.
More
concerned with doing
than thinking and
feeling
Likes to get stuck
in without
wasting time
REFLECTORS
Learning by listening and
sharing ideas with others
Group work and
discussions
Looking for meaning
Researching and
reviewing
Thinking before doing
Bringing unity to diversity
Standing back from events
and observing what
happens
PRAGMATISTS
Strong need to work on
practical, relevant
problems
To use skills and tinker
with things
Test
theories and apply
common sense
Looking at information in a
logical way, and then act
on
it immediately
Workshop and
laboratory
teaching methods
To solve problems
To reason deductively
when
focusing on specific
problems
Making instinctive
judgements based on
practicality
Clear goals and adequate
rewards
THEORISTS
Enjoy being taught in a
didactic way
Prefer to work individually
rather than in groups
Like to have access to a lot
of information/resources
Collecting data
Enjoy reading
To
specialise
Planning
organising work
Thinking
things through
Reworking
notes/essays to
achieve best results
Make links between ideas
Examining information
carefully
Critically evaluating
information
Thinking sequentially
Deductive reasoning
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