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“ Ya ’ know g ood t eaching w hen y ou s ee i t!” Diversifying your instructional delivery to meet students’ learning styles. Dennis S. Kubasko, Jr. Associate Professor of Secondary Education University of North Carolina Wilmington. Questions. Who are your students?
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“Ya’ know good teaching when you see it!” Diversifying your instructional delivery to meet students’ learning styles Dennis S. Kubasko, Jr. Associate Professor of Secondary Education University of North Carolina Wilmington
Questions • Who are your students? • Have you ever thought about your instructional delivery? • Have you ever thought about whether your instructional strategies match your student learning needs?
Purpose • Describe some student learning generalities and highlight their learning needs • Offer effective instructional techniques that both motivate and energize your instructional practice • Provide easy assessment strategies to determine they know what you intended to teach
Learning Styles – David Kolb’s and Anthony Gregorc’s Model • Concrete – obvious, senses • Abstract – intuition, imaginative • Sequential – linear • Random – chunking • Four combinations of each defined by scores on a test
Multiple Intelligence Theory Howard Gardner – individual-centered curriculum • Bodily-Kinesthetic • Interpersonal • Verbal-Linguistic • Logical-Mathematical • Naturalistic • Intrapersonal • Visual-Spatial • Musical • Other intelligences • spiritual, existential and moral intelligence
Learning Orientations Research • Psychologists, Education Psychologists, Educational Theorists, Neuroscientists and Teachers can all disagree • Learning Styles Inventory • Multiple Intelligences Curricula • Myers Briggs Type Indicator • Fleming's VARK model
Does your delivery look like this? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s-oGumvPz0 http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fox_biz/ben_stein_writes_about_drools_over_fbn_80195.asp
Diversify Your Instruction • How do we get from Teacher-Directed instruction to Student-Centered? • Lecture less • Make learning active, hands-on • Give students some ownership for some of the learning! • Small groups • Problem-based
Diversify Your Instruction • Planning • Focus and Review • Teacher-Directed • Student-Centered • Independent Practice • Assessment
Learning in the Digital Age Chapter 1: Integrating Educational Technology into the Curriculum
Are you prepared to teach these students? http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/ladysasuke/SouthPark.jpg http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/ladysasuke/SouthPark.jpg
“Ya’ know good teaching when you see it!” Diversifying your instructional delivery to meet students’ learning styles Dennis S. Kubasko, Jr. Associate Professor of Secondary Education University of North Carolina Wilmington
Concrete http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Kinsey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Hudson
Abstract http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Halpert http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Beesly
Sequential http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Schrute
Random http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Kapoor
Bodily-Kinesthetic http://www.austin360.com/shared-gen/blogs/austin/outandabout/lance%20arm.jpg http://csertoglu.typepad.com/sortipreneur/images/michael_jordan.jpg
Interpersonal http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a37/mclifep/patrick-farmer-ted.gif http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e8/Phoebe_Buffay_1.jpg/200px-Phoebe_Buffay_1.jpg
Verbal-Linguistic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrack_Obama http://www.popstarsplus.com/images/BruceSpringsteenPicture.jpg
Logical-Mathematical http://www.tvgasm.com/newsgasm/Bill-nye.jpg
Naturalistic http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/11/25/bindiirwindvd_wideweb__470x393,0.jpg
Intrapersonal http://www.aeropause.com/wordpress/archives/images/2008/06/bill_gates_718639.jpg
Visual-Spatial http://corporatecanvas.com/cc_images/artists/profiles/iveyhayes.jpg http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/WebMedia/Images/michelangelo/e_michelangelo.jpg
Musical http://media.monstersandcritics.com/articles/1335710/article_images/etheridge.jpg http://www.goodlistening.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/pavarotti.jpg