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Topic 2 – Honey & Mumford learning styles

Teaching Styles 

Activists

Activists dislike too much theory and prefer practical tasks. They will learn best from activities where:

  • The focus is on the present
  • They revolve around problem solving and simulations
  • They have to respond to challenges
  • They can lead and be the centre of attention

Theorists

Theorists prefer to have something to take away and study such as handouts. They will learn best from activities where:

  • They are intellectually challenged
  • There is a clear purpose to the activity
  • There is a reliance on logic
  • The learning is based on a module or theory
  • They can analyse the result or findings

Reflectors

Reflectors like to have lots of breaks where they can go away and read and discuss what they are learning. They will learn best from activities where:

  • There is plenty of opportunity to observe
  • There is time to think before they have to act
  • They can review what they have done
  • There is a lot of passive involvement such as listening to a speaker or observing
  • They can finalise a view or action without being put under pressure

Pragmatists

Pragmatists like to know of any tips and tricks as well as any shortcuts they can take. They will learn best from activities where:

  • What they are doing is practical
  • They are able to practice what they have learnt
  • What they are learning will make their work easier
  • There are plenty of opportunities to apply what they have learnt
  • They can relate to a successful role model

By being aware of the different styles and having an understanding about each of them, you should be able to appreciate the difference in the way pupils approach and tackle tasks needed to learn to drive and improve their driving. 

We have discovered that trainers too have their own preferred way of learning  and so by being aware of this, you might consider getting your pupils to complete a learning styles quiz before their first lesson. 

The safest and quickest way would be to email it to them ahead of the first lesson and ask that they email their answers back to you. People that are currently in, or have been in education over the last few years are most likely to already be familiar with learning styles and questionnaires such as these. 

Key Point

As you were reading through each learning style above, you might have noticed that you could relate to more than one of them, or even all of them. Learning styles are a general preferred way of achieving a task and someone can be more dominant in one or two styles, or even an even mix of all of them. Learning styles will depend on the task you are faced with and the situation or context you are in and so they are not set in concrete.

Reflective Exercise

As you now have awareness and knowledge about some of the different learning styles, see if you can think about these when you go about your day and work through daily tasks. You might be aware that you tend to favour a particular way of approaching a task and the idea of another way of achieving the same task just doesn’t make any sense to you. You might become more aware of your pupils preferences too. 

It might help to list a few tasks that you complete on a typical day, this doesn’t necessarily have to be a working day and think how you approach and complete each task to see if you can identify with any of the learning styles we have looked at.

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