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Major, minor & negative learning style preferences of Greek university learners

Major, minor & negative learning style preferences of Greek university learners. Angeliki Psaltou-Joycey Zoe Kantaridou. Outline. Literature review Purpose Instrument Results Teaching suggestions. Literature review-1. Moody, 1988 Ehrman & Oxford, 1989 Reid, 1987 Peacock, 2001.

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Major, minor & negative learning style preferences of Greek university learners

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  1. Major, minor & negative learning style preferences of Greek university learners Angeliki Psaltou-Joycey Zoe Kantaridou

  2. Outline • Literature review • Purpose • Instrument • Results • Teaching suggestions

  3. Literature review-1 • Moody, 1988 • Ehrman & Oxford, 1989 • Reid, 1987 • Peacock, 2001

  4. Literature review-2 General comment: • Learning styles are influenced by • Educational & occupational engagements • Culture

  5. “Although culture is not the single determinant, and although many other influences intervene, culture often does play a significant role in the learning styles unconsciously adopted by many participants in the culture” Oxford, Hollaway and Horton-Murillo (1992: 441)

  6. Purpose of study • Provide general learning style profile • Show differences among fields of study • Suggest learning strategies

  7. Participants • Aristotle University & University of Macedonia • N=1616 • Mean age: 19.5 yrs old • Fields of study: • Humanities □Engineering • Foreign Languages □Sciences • Education □Medicine • Economics □Computer Science

  8. Styles Analysis Survey, Oxford 1995 • Use of senses during study: • visual, auditory, hands-on • Personality/ psychological: • Relationship with others: Extroverted or introverted • Handling of possibilities: Intuitive-random or Concrete-sequential • Approach to activities: Closure-oriented or open • Cognitive: • Use of ideas: Global or analytic

  9. Greek uni Ss’ learning profile

  10. Major: • ‘natural’ learning method, strong learning preference • Minor: • Modest but functional learning preference • Negative: • Difficult-to-handle learning method, non-spontaneous

  11. General comment • Most balanced learners: • Education: 5 major + 3 minor • Medicine: 4 major + 4 minor • Least flexible learners: • Humanities & Foreign Languages, 4 major + 2 minor

  12. Humanities & Foreign Languages the least balanced

  13. Education one of the most balanced

  14. Economics

  15. Medicine one of the most balanced

  16. Thank you Good Luck with your • Visual & hands-on • Extroverted • Intuitive-random & concrete sequential • Closure-oriented and • Global students A. Psaltou-Joycey & Z. Kantaridou

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