Excellence in Vocational Teaching Symposium 23 & 24 September 2013 Qingdao, P.R. China

1. Excellence in Vocational Teaching Symposium 23 & 24 September 2013 Qingdao, P.R. China

2. Student Centred learning Julia Bruce Logo

3. Student Centred learning Julia Bruce Logo

4. Learning outcomes By the of this session participants will have: • Identified their own learning style • Listed a minimum of 5 learning strategies that suit them best

5. Answer Sheet • For each question look down the “A” column if you answered “A”, the “B” column if you answered “B” and the “C” column if you answered “C” • Write the letter V,A or K in the “Re” column • Add up how many V’s, A’s and K’s you have in the “Re” column • What letter do you have the most of?

6. VAK Dominance Test • Write one letter only in the blue line in the “Response” column • Write the letter next to the response that is your strongest preference • Do not think about the answers for too long • You can not get this test wrong!

7. Visual Input Output Source: http://www.vark-learn.com/english/index.asp

8. Aural (talking and listening) Source: http://www.vark-learn.com/english/index.asp • Imagine talking with the examiner • Listen to your voices and write them down • Spend time in quiet places recalling the ideas • Practice writing answers to old exam questions • Speak your answers aloud or inside your head • Join discussions • Discuss topics with your teachers • Explain new ideas to other people • Use a recorder • Remember interesting examples, stories and jokes • Describe the pictures to somebody who was not there • Leave spaces in your notes for later recall • Your notes may be poor because you prefer to listen • Expand your notes by talking with others and taking notes from the textbook • Record your notes and listen to them • Ask others to listen to your understanding of a topic • Read your notes aloud • Explain your notes to another 'aural' person Study Intake • Output

9. Kinaesthetic (doing) Source: http://www.vark-learn.com/english/index.asp Intake Study • Write practice answers, paragraphs... • Role play the exam situation in your own room • All your senses - sight, touch, taste, smell, hearing • laboratories • field trips • Real-life examples • Hands-on approaches • Trial and error • Collections of rock types, plants, shells, grasses... • Exhibits, samples, photographs... • Recipes - solutions to problems, previous exam papers • Output Intake • Your notes may be poor because the theory was not linked to practice • Use examples to summarise your notes • Solve case studies • Talk about your notes with another "K" person • Use pictures that illustrate an idea • Go back to the laboratory • Recall experiments and field trips

10. List your learning strategies • Make a list of at least five learning strategies that suit your learning style.