Utilizing Learning Styles to Improve Experiential Learning Among Working Professionals: A Systematic Mapping

Abstract

In today's fast-evolving professional landscape, maximizing the benefits of experiential learning, particularly for working professionals, is important. The way professionals acquire and assimilate knowledge depends on diverse learning preferences and styles. While different pedagogical strategies involving learning styles have been proposed, implemented, and evaluated, success depends on several other factors, such as learning goals and subject matter. This paper delves into the potential of learning styles in the context of experiential learning. We review the literature to present the insights gained, the extent to which learning styles influence the effectiveness of education, emerging trends, and exemplary practices and training programs within the professional context. We provide the trends in terms of the adoption by domain, dominant learning styles, and modalities. By charting the current landscape of research and best practices, this study contributes invaluable guidance to professional development and education domains. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2025.

Keywords

Author Keywords

Higher education work-integrated learning Instructional design professional competency Experiential learning styles Kolb’s learning style inventory

Index Keywords

Learning systems Professional aspects High educations Personnel training Computer aided instruction Work-integrated learning Mapping experiential learning Professional competencies Learningstyles Instructional designs Experiential learning style Kolb’s learning style inventory Learning styles inventories Working professionals

Author Affiliations

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Pilani, RJ, India

Funding & Acknowledgements

No funding information

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Utilizing Learning Styles to Improve Experiential Learning Among Working Professionals: A Systematic Mapping

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