Peter Honey And Alan Mumford Theory

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There are four types; reflectors, theorists, activists and pragmatists of learning styles based on Peter Honey and Alan Mumford theory (2006). Each individual often complies with a specific style of the four styles for their learning. These styles of learning interpret the way individuals’ processes information and develop their knowledge.

Reflectors surpass in their learning from observation and analysing. They excel in learning through also thinking methodically. Student nurses can benefit from complying with this learning style, as during the course, we would be frequently examining techniques and analysing the steps needed to perform the techniques and correctly. For example, a senior nurse may show a student nurse how to monitor a patient’s …show more content…

The Kolb Cycle (1984) is another method of discovering the type of learning style of an individual and can link with Honey and Mumford’s work. It consists of four stages. According to Groat and Musson (1995), the reflectors and the theorists prefer the ‘abstract’ stage, because their learning styles ‘prefer to gather information’ and ‘explore complex ideas and concepts and use their observations to build their own models’ (Groat and Musson, 1995). Activists and pragmatists prefer the ‘concrete’ stage, because they like to take on a ‘challenge’, as they confront what has been demonstrated to them and put it into practice when an opportunity is available to …show more content…

Activists, on the other hand are particularly useful during practice settings as they grasp hold of opportunities and experience new skills where possible. Pragmatists also take on opportunities which are given to them but they carry out tasks in a methodically way. These other styles have their strong aspects towards an individual’s learning, but so do reflectors. Personally, I can further develop my learning style, according to Fleming et al (2011), by working at a steady pace, having a practice run through and carefully thinking before participating. Working in a steady pace will allow time for me to carefully process information and structure my work

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