framework 4: Kolb's Learning Cycle (1984)

Kolb's Learning Cycle (1984)

Kolb’s Experiential Learning Theory is a four-stage cycle which is applied to the way people learn through experience. The four stages are:
Concrete Experience - Situation taking place.
Reflective Observation - A description of what happened and what were you feeling at the time.
Abstract Conceptualization - Why did this happen and what do you plan to do to either change this or prevent reoccurrence.
Active Experimentation – plan/practice the concepts developed in stage 3 so when the concrete experience occurs again you take a different action.

Image: Kolb's Learning Cycle (1984)