Building self-awareness

Learning styles

Learning styles is a mini tool (test) that shows our preferences, which play an important role in the process of building awareness, both in the context of formal education and personal development in the workplace. Each of us has preferences regarding the way of learning: how we learn is related to how we lead and potentially to who we hire.

You can use this tool to:

  • get to know your own preferences and thereby deepen the knowledge about your needs and skills
  • diagnose who you have on the team and thus better adjust the approaches and tools you use to collaborate with the team
Step 1:
Choose the statements

Choose the statements you agree with. There are no right or wrong answers. Proceed quickly and follow your first instinct.

Step 2:
Assess the profile

Circle the numbers below in the statements from the previous table that you agree with. The column with the most circled numbers indicates your preferred learning and thinking style. You can have one dominant style, or 2-3 that interact with each other.

Step 3:
Read the description of a given style

Active style::

  • Likes new experiences
  • Has an open mind, not skeptical
  • Acts first, considers consequences later

Reflective style::

  • Observes from the sidelines and reflects on the experience
  • Gathers data thoroughly
  • Is cautious

Theoretical style::

  • Creating theories based on observation
  • Thinking about things in a step-by-step manner
  • Tendency to be a perfectionist who wants everything organized/li>

Pragmatic style::

  • Eagerly tries new ideas, theories, technologies
  • Gets impatient with long discussions
  • Experiments with applications

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