Beschreibung:
What’s your learning style? “Practical action steps for improving your learning process through entertaining and relatable stories and examples.” —Susan Fowler, author of Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work . . . and What Does Being a lifelong learner is one of the secrets to happiness, success, and personal fulfillment. But there are multiple styles of learning, and when we identify and understand our own, we can find the easiest and most effective ways to keep absorbing more knowledge and developing better abilities. What’s your style? In this informative guide, Kay Peterson and David Kolb offer deep, research-based insights into the ideal process of learning and guide you in identifying your dominant style. You’ll discover how knowing your learning style can help you with all kinds of everyday challenges, from remembering someone’s name to adding a crucial professional skill to your repertoire—and awaken the power of learning that lies within you.
What's Your Learning Style?
Being a lifelong learner is one of the secrets to happiness, success, and personal fulfillment. But what's the best way to become one? Kay Peterson and David Kolb have the answer. They offer deep, research-based insights into the ideal process of learning and guide you in identifying your dominant style. You'll discover how knowing your learning style can help you with all kinds of everyday challenges, from remembering someone's name to adding a crucial professional skill to your repertoire. This book is a guide to awakening the power of learning that lies within each of us.
Contents
Foreword xiii
Introduction xvii
Chapter One The Learning Way 1
Chapter Two I Am a Learner 11
Chapter Three My Learning Style, My Life Path 33
Chapter Four Building Style Flexibility 77
Chapter Five Learning Flexibility and the Road Ahead 103
Chapter Six What's Next? Deliberate learning for life 121
Notes 137
Reference 141
Appendix A
The KLSI, The Kolb Learning Style Inventory: 149
Why you should take the inventory to define your style
Appendix B
The Style Sheets: The Nine Styles of Learning at a Glance 155