Hi everyone I am in my last assignment and I am expecting to discuss professional development in theoretical perspective. If you can make comments below I will be appreciate it. Thank you for your support.
David Kolb suggests that learning is an integrated process where each stage becomes mutually supportive of and feeds into the next stage. Kolb believes it is possible to enter the cycle at any stage and follow it through it’s logical sequence. Kolb’s model of learning consists of 4 stage. Stage 1 – Concrete Experience: the first stage of learning is to have a learning experience. Stage 2 - Observing and Reflection: Here learners are encouraged to reflect on what they learnt, how and why they learnt it and whether the experience could have been improved on. Stage 3 – Forming Abstract Concepts: using other experiences as a form of reference, and using other modes and models of thinking to inform your ideas. Stage 4 – Testing the Learning in New Situations: this is the final stage and involves the placement of the learnt material into context within own life. If this doesn’t happen it is likely that the new knowledge will be forgotten quickly. The person should also think about implementing the knowledge and how they can make the next learning experience more beneficial.
I believed that Kolb's theory is simple and applicable. Because we are all exposed to new learning every day. and we have the opportunity to see the effect of this experience on us. At the same time, we have the opportunity to reanalyze this new situation by recalling our old learnings. finally, we can combine (synthesize) our old learnings and new ones and apply them in different situations we encounter. These are all about how much experience we have and our ability to use the knowledge and skills we have acquired affect our professional life.