Teach Learning Styles
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Andy Said:
Are there schools that take the learning styles of students to place the students with teachers?We Answered:
When placing kids in classes, it really depends on the size of the school as to how students are placed. At the secondary level, it is usually done randomly and so all the class placements can be met and a child's individual needs are not taken into consideration unless there is a very specific need of a particular student. At the elementary level, there are usually only a few teachers and many students, so praticality makes it impossible to match each student with a teacher of the same style. That being said, often when placements are made, there is SOME consideration for the best needs of the child and where they would be most successful. In schools where there are several classes per grade level, it may be more random because of the number of students.Jared Said:
How can I use my personal learning style to teach?We Answered:
I would hope that is exactly what you do. You choose those attributes of teachers you have had that you thought were worth emulating and you take those and make them your own. The things you didn't like about how teachers presented material or taught, can be omitted. Good luck.Vera Said:
How do I recognise different learning styles of my students?We Answered:
Practice multiple learning styles with them. Use every method you can think of, then determine which works best for each student. Asking the student is silly because nobody really knows until they try each technique.*edit* Lisa, there are far more than 4 learning styles. Visual, Auditory, Hands on/Project based, Rote skills and numerous others can be added to your list. When trying to find the best skills for each learner to use, it's important not to think of the number of ways tried but to continue searching until the BEST method for THAT STUDENT has been found no matter how many methods have been tried.
Russell Said:
Which are the best learning styles to target in a science lesson?We Answered:
That's a big question. There are several different types of learners.Auditory: Must hear the directions and have things explained repeatedly.
Visual: Must have experiments demonstrated, variety of visual examples.
Kinetic: Hands-on learners. Must get in there and be able to move around and manipulate items.
The best teachers incorporate all of these almost daily. If daily is not possible, then vary lessons weekly to meet the needs of all learners.
Bryan Said:
Do you think a good teacher is one who appeals to all their student's learning styles, or just the majority?We Answered:
Hello. I am a teacher who is working on her master's degree in education. I recently took a class about learning styles and multiple intelligences. Believe it or not there is a whole field of study out there about how people learn. Anyway, I was taught that people learn in many different ways. According to Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intellilgences, there are nine major ways that people learn...visual (seeing), auditory (hearing), kinesthetic (doing) just to name a few. When I took that class we discussed how a good teacher will make sure to cover material in several different ways so that just about everyone will be able to learn in his or her preferred way. The bad part is that some of this is pretty new stuff (it was discovered in 1983 and continues to be refined by its author), so if you get an older teacher, they will most likely not know about these theories. Also, math teachers tend to be very strong in the logical/mathematical intelligence and don't always see other ways of teaching...or the teacher's editions may only give one way of teaching. Sometimes seeing things from somebody else's point of view is a very hard thing to do.