Cross Balance

Four ways of learning

Based on the way our brain works, and how we tackle problems,
it appears there are four aspects of the way in which we learn things
– the following extract comes from the Lumsdaines’ book:

“Some of us are most comfortable with evaluating experiences through our senses,
while others prefer to analyse and logically think about what is happening
in an abstract, more detached way.  
But experience alone is not sufficient for leaning
– information must be processed and evaluated to become part of the learner.
Some people are watchers;
they reflect and slowly create meaning through deliberate choice of perspective.
Doers try to work with the new information immediately;
 reflection comes only after experimentation and experience.
All four ways of learning are valuable
and need to be used and encouraged since they are complementary”.

These four aspects can be combined into four learning styles
developed by the researchers Kolb and McCarthy.
The types are called Divergers, Assimilators, Convergers, and Accommodators.
These styles bridge the four temperament/faculty types,
and are typified by questions learners often ask:
Why? What? How? and What if? as shown in the diagram.