Post on 22-Feb-2016
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How do learner’s learn?
Learning styles quiz?
• Complete the learning styles quiz sheet• Put a tick in the box which best matches you
Learning styles answers
• Mark your answers by putting the appropriate letter V, A or K
• Mostly V – visual learners
• Mostly A – auditory learner
• Mostly K - Kinaesthetic
Visual learning style
• Visual learners:– Use images, pictures, colours and maps to
organise information and communicate with others
– They can visualise objects, plans and outcomes in their mind’s eye
– Have good spatial sense and have a good sense of direction
– Like drawing, doodling especially with colours
Auditory learning styles
• Auditory learners:– Like to work with sound
and music– Good sense of pitch and
rhythm– Play a musical instrument– Certain music invokes
strong emotions
Kinaesthetic learning styles
• Kinaesthetic learners:– Use your body and sense of touch to learn about
the world– Think out issues, ideas and problems – Like getting their hands dirty – making models,
jigsaws– Expressive body language to communicate– The ‘fidgety’ student
Task
• For a lesson you taught recently or you observed recently describe how different learning styles were catered for
Task
• For each of the following learning styles:– Visual– Auditory– Kinaesthetic
• Make a list of 5 different activities which would suit the learning styles
Task
• Depending on the structure of your SOW– Identify opportunities where different learning
styles could be incorporated– OR– If already identified, take a different approach and
add in some different strategies
Who is this man?
Multiple intelligences
To sum up…..
• You will never be able to plan a lesson which caters to the multitude of ways that a child learns
• However, through well-planned and thought out schemes of work it is possible to cater for a wide range
• This is important as it will increase intrinsic motivation and ultimately improve student outcomes