LEARNING STYLESOrna Farrell

Orna.farrell@dbs.ie

THE IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING

Employment Employability Change Personal Development Organisational Learning

LEARNING: BEHAVIOURISTS

Behaviourist Learning through

stimulus, response & reward

Pavlov (1927) Skinner (1965) Conditioning Input.......output

LEARNING: COGNITIVE Perception, memory &

concept formation Demonstrate

understanding by applying knowledge to solving a problem

Kolb(1984) Experiential learning

SUCCESSFUL LEARNING

Write down, something you think you are good at...........

Write down a few words about how you became good at this.................

SUCCESSFUL LEARNING

Did you write? Practice Trial and error Repetition Having a go Experimenting

Most people “learn by doing"

DID YOU KNOW?

It is claimed that the average rate of retention when learning new material is:

10% of what is read 20% of what is heard 30% of what is seen 50% of what is seen and heard 70% of what the trainee says 90% of what the trainee says and does(Foot and Hook 1996, p. 180)

LEARNING IN COLLEGE

•Autonomy•Accountability•Time Management•Interactive•Asking, not just

listening!

VAKS LEARNING STYLES (FOR YOUR PORTFOLIO)

The theory of learning styles assumes that each individual has a specific way of learning, when used can improve performance

Visual: seeing and reading Auditory: listening and speaking Kinaesthetic: touching and doing

WHAT IS YOUR LEARNING STYLE? Visual: use of seen or observed things, including

pictures, diagrams, demonstrations, displays, handouts, films, flip-chart

Auditory: involves the transfer of information through listening: to the spoken word, of self or others, of sounds and noises

Kinaesthetic: involves physical experience -touching, feeling, holding, doing, practical hands-on experiences

YOUR LEARNING STYLE

Are you surprised by the result?

What are the class learning styles?

WHAT NOW?

You can use your learning style to tailor your study and learning methods

You can describe your learning style in your porfolio