What is Blooms Taxonomy (Classifications)?
Taxonomy is a Greek word meaning classification. In 1956, Benjamin Bloom, an educational psychologist, published, Taxonomy (Classification) of Learning Domains – Cognitive (Mental), Affective (Emotional), Psychomotor (Physical) Domains. Blooms Taxonomy was created originally for the academic field, but since his Taxonomy is relevant to learning and development, most corporate trainers and HR professionals, coaches and teachers can benefit substantially from understanding it. Unfortunately, like most academicians and researchers, Bloom focused more on theory than application and used an academic language that made it difficult to understand and apply.
