LEARNING and TEACHING STYLES

LEARNING and TEACHING STYLES

Introduction:

A learning style is a student's consistent way of responding to and using stimuli in the context of learning.

Keefe (1979) defines learning styles as the “composite of characteristic cognitive, affective, and physiological factors that serve as relatively stable indicators of how a learner perceives, interacts with, and responds to the learning environment.”

Stewart and Felicetti (1992) define learning styles as those “educational conditions under which a student is most likely to learn.” Thus, learning styles are not really concerned with what learners learn, but rather how they prefer to learn.

Learning styles are points along a scale that help us to discover the different forms of mental representations; however, they are not good characterizations of what people are or are not like.

Neil Fleming's VARK model is one of the most popular representations. In 1987, Fleming developed an inventory designed to help students and others learn more about their individual learning preferences.

In Fleming's model, which are often referred to as VARK learning styles, learners are identified by whether they have a preference for visual learning (pictures, movies, diagrams), auditory learning (music, discussion, lectures), reading and writing (making lists, reading textbooks, taking notes), or kinesthetic learning (movement, experiments, hands-on activities).

1.Why is it useful to analyze your learning style?

To identify strengths and weaknesses and choose study methods accordingly.

 

Students are required to answer the questionnaires by using VARK Learning Styles inventory 

Students will identify their dominant learning styles based on their scores

http://vark-learn.com/the-vark-questionnaire/

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2. Why is it important to analyze your lecturers'/teachers' teaching styles?

To discover that lecturers/teachers have unique teaching styles and how to adapt to them.

3. What do lecturers/teachers expect of college students?

Take responsibility for your own learning.

• Focus on concepts rather than rote learning.
• Focus on ideas, not the “right answers.”
• Evaluate new ideas before rejecting them.
• Explore ideas using a journal.

4.What does “becoming an active learner” mean?

Develop Active Learning Strategies

• Ask questions about what you are reading.
• Consider the purpose behind assignments.
• Try to see how each assignment fits the rest of the course.
• Relate what you are learning to what you already know from the course and your background knowledge/experiences.
• Think of examples or situations to apply to the information

5. What levels of thinking are expected of college students?

Know the Levels of Thinking

• Knowledge
• Comprehension
• Application
• Analysis
• Synthesis
• Evaluation

LEARNING PRINCIPLE: 

"You have strengths and weaknesses as a learner; you should capitalize on your strengths and strive to overcome your weaknesses".

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