Principles of Adult Learning Theory according to Malcolm Knowles As has already been established, Andragogy as one of the theories of Adult Learning involves a dramatic a dual shift in focus, from the trainer to the learner and from content to process. Traditionally, trainers are considered to be the experts, they possess knowledge and skills and it is their mission to pass them on to learners. As a result, trainers decide what is taught, in […]
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The platform is ready to go!
We are pleased to let you all know that you can now use the IC-English platform for learning and teaching purposes. The application consists of 250 multimedia that support the process of learning English language. Trainers will also find lesson plans along with worksheets for running lessons on levels from A1 to B1. Trainers manual (ebook) is availble for download and some e-learning lessons are at your disposal after choosing Trainer section. And all of […]
Learning Styles Inventory and Questionnaire
When it comes to assessing learning styles, at present many instruments are used in both academic and professional contexts. Among them you find KLSI (Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory) and Honey & Mumford’s LSQ (Learning Styles Questionnaire). Regarding ESL, Reid’s (1984) Perceptual Learning Styles Preference Questionnaire was the first to be designed for this particular field, at university level (Wintergerst, DeCapua & Verna, 2002). However, since we’re focusing on Honey and Mumford Learning Styles, we’ll consider […]
Knowles’s andragogy – principles and implications
Knowles’s andragogy – The Andragogy in Practice Model Some of the criticism levelled at Knowles’s view of andragogy in its early days was that he considered the individual as isolated from his/her context and situation. Knowles later revised his theory and indeed continued adjusting it to the results of research and input from his own experience as well as that of other theorists and disciplines. The Andragogy in Practice Model is a framework which incorporates […]
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Kolb’s Experiential Learning Theory
Kolb’s Experiential Learning Theory – the foundations As the name indicates, experience lies at the core of experiential learning theory, but one of its main proponents, David Kolb, argues that experiential learning theory can put forward an integrative perspective on learning that combines experience, perception, cognition and behaviour (Kolb, 2015, p. 31). In fact, Kolb argued that this theory constitutes an approach to education and learning as a lifelong process, soundly based on intellectual traditions […]