Write an report analysing your Honey & Mumford (1986) learning style and motivations to attend lectures. Your analysis should incorporate the
learning theories you have been learning in class. Before writing your report, you MUST readthe “Literature Review” in the article linked here:“Understanding student attendance’ in Business school – An exploratory study”.
Your report structure is outlined below:
1.Introduction(around 150 words)
This should include ahook,backgroundand anoutline.
The background of your introduction should be a brief autobiography of
your past learning experiences in which youshoulddiscuss:
•Your highest/most recent educational experience (Primary, secondary/high
school, GCSEs, A Levels, GNVQ/BTEC, ESOL, Functional Skills, Access to
Higher Education, certificate & diploma)
•Your goals/motivations – what did you want to gain from this experience?
•Your attendance – was it poor, okay or 100%?Explain why.
2.Learning Theory Analysis(around 300 words)
In this section, you should:
•analyse and synthesise anyTHREElearning theories you have been
introduced to in class. Choose from the list below:
–Learning Styles Theory
–Experiential Learning
–Information Processing Theory
–Reflective Practice
–Left Brain/Right Brain
•analyse and synthesise the different 6 types of attenders according to
Dolnicar (2004) cited in theUnderstanding Student Attendanceby Mearman
et al. (2014).
3.Self-Analysis(around 200 words)
Identify and analyse your own preferred learning style according Honey &
Mumford’s Learning Styles questionnaire (Click here to take the
questionnaire)
identify the type of attender you are according to Dolnicar (2004) cited in the
article Understanding Student Attendance by Mearman et al. (2014).
4. Conclusion (around 150 words)
Identify two weaknesses of your Honey & Mumford learning style and
suggest ways to improve these two weaknesses for the future