Learning styles

Learning styles Different people have different approaches….

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Objectives  Why learning styles 1 Honey and Mumford learning styles The questionnaire Scoring the questionnaire Why learning styles 2 A practical exercise

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Why learning styles? The underpinning concepts:  Learners are intrinsical y different and have different preferred learning styles.  Teaching is a purposeful intervention with the aims of promoting learning and causing learning to happen.

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AN EDUCAT UCA O T R’S EXPERIENCE

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Honey and Mumford learning styles  Activist Reflector Theorist Pragmatist

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Activists  The here and now Just do it Jump in at the deep end Have a go Act without thinking it through Don’t like preparation Get bored easily

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Reflectors  Take time to think it through Consider al angles and implications Listen to others Uncomfortable in unplanned situations Need information to work on Dislike deadlines

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Theorists  Logical Rational Analytical Objective Perfectionist Restricted lateral thinking Don’t like uncertainty Don’t like subjectivity

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Pragmatists  Does it work in practice? Like linking the theory to the problem Like to tackle it straight away Enjoy coaching and feedback Don’t like open ended discussions Need clear guidelines Need immediate reward

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THE LSQ

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The learning styles diamond Activist >11 Reflector >15 Theorist >14 Pragmatist >15

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The learning cycle

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Add in the learning styles….

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Why learning styles Tailoring your teaching style to the learner’s learning style AND Al learning styles are important for developmental learning

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PRACTICAL EXERCISE

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