Three forms of learning in social context

• Peter Jarvis University of Surrey

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33336/aik.96598

Abstract

The article deals with three different forms of learning in their social context. It is based on a project carried out in 1985 and 1986 to discover more about the way in which adults learn; some 200 persons in Britain and the United States taking part in adult studies were involved in the study. The study was based on Kolb’s Learning Cycle model, but attempts were made to develop it further. It was observed that learning is always based on experience. Three basically different types of learning were classified; i.e. non-learning, non-reflective learning and reflective learning. The author goes into to analysing in more detail the response models characteristic of these learning styles and their links with social context.