How do learner’s learn?

1. How do learner’s learn?

2. Learning styles quiz? • Complete the learning styles quiz sheet • Put a tick in the box which best matches you

3. Learning styles answers • Mark your answers by putting the appropriate letter V, A or K • Mostly V – visual learners • Mostly A – auditory learner • Mostly K - Kinaesthetic

4. Visual learning style • Visual learners: • Use images, pictures, colours and maps to organise information and communicate with others • They can visualise objects, plans and outcomes in their mind’s eye • Have good spatial sense and have a good sense of direction • Like drawing, doodling especially with colours

5. Auditory learning styles • Auditory learners: • Like to work with sound and music • Good sense of pitch and rhythm • Play a musical instrument • Certain music invokes strong emotions

6. Kinaesthetic learning styles • Kinaesthetic learners: • Use your body and sense of touch to learn about the world • Think out issues, ideas and problems • Like getting their hands dirty – making models, jigsaws • Expressive body language to communicate • The ‘fidgety’ student

7. Task • For a lesson you taught recently or you observed recently describe how different learning styles were catered for

9. Task • For each of the following learning styles: • Visual • Auditory • Kinaesthetic • Make a list of 5 different activities which would suit the learning styles

10. Task • Depending on the structure of your SOW • Identify opportunities where different learning styles could be incorporated • OR • If already identified, take a different approach and add in some different strategies

11. Who is this man?

12. Multiple intelligences

13. To sum up….. • You will never be able to plan a lesson which caters to the multitude of ways that a child learns • However, through well-planned and thought out schemes of work it is possible to cater for a wide range • This is important as it will increase intrinsic motivation and ultimately improve student outcomes