Introduction Although David Kolb’s ideas can be disputed by educators and scholars, he continues to be one of the most influential adult learning theorists. He formulated a set of strategies that can help an individual pursue his or her education. Moreover, he provided a useful description of the learning process, and this description can be of great use to people who are willing to want to improve their learning skills. This paper will discuss the major theoretical contributions of David Kolb. Furthermore, it is to show how other adult learning theorists assess his ideas. Finally, this essay has to explain how these theories are related to the main themes of the course, especially to the ideas expressed by Stephen Covey in his book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People . Overall, both these authors emphasize such things as self-awareness, continuous learning, and willingness to work independently. Such an attitude is an indispensable quality of a person who wants to attain professional and educational goals. The contributions to David Kolb to adult learning theory First, we need to provide a brief overview of David Kolb’s biography, especially his scholarly achievements. From 1961 to 1967 he attended Knox College and Harvard University where he studied social psychology (Weatherhead School of Management 2011, unpaged). His major research interests include experiential learning, learning styles, and team learning. He came to prominence in the seventies when he published his works on education (Weatherhead School of Management 2011, unpaged). Now he occupies a teaching post at Case Western Reserve University. Overall, David Kolb enriched adult learning theory in several ways. First, he and his colleague Ronald Fry provided a model that describes how an individual acquires new knowledge and skills. This model includes the following elements: 1) specific experience of an individual; 2) reflection of this experience; 3) the development of abstract notions that generalize this experience; 4) the application of these concepts (Kolb & Fry, p. 3). Kolb’s model is based on the continuous repetition of these steps. This theory is premised on the ideas of Jean Piaget, and Kurt Lewin, who believed that people learned primarily by observing and interacting with the outside world. Then, based on these observations, people make generalizations about the external environment (Kahn, 2007, p. 27). This is the theoretical background of David’s Kolb’s ideas. Overall, this model can be very helpful to adult learners because it identifies the major steps that they need to take to acquire new knowledge. It can be particularly useful when their study is not guided by professional educators. It should be noted that Kolb regarded education as a continuous learning cycle which consists of experience, reflection, conceptualization, and testing. This idea is supported by Stephen Covey, who also believes that education should be aimed at continuous “honing and expanding the mind” (Covey, 1990, p. 295). On the whole, continuity is an important component of Kolb’s learning theory. Additionally, both these authors stress the idea learning strategies should not be limited only to formal education offered in school, colleges, or universities. They have to be more o