Learning Styles and Modes of Learning

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Learning Styles and Modes of Learning

• Presented by Celia Munson
• (Bukal Life Care Counseling Center)

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There Are Many Models of Learning StylesHere
are three common ones.
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Kolbs Learning Style Model

• Diverging (feeling and watching - CE/RO)
• Assimilating (watching and thinking - AC/RO)
• Converging (doing and thinking - AC/AE)
• Accommodating (doing and feeling - CE/AE)

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Honey and Mumford

• Activists 'Having an Experience'
• Reflectors 'Reviewing the Experience'
• Theorists 'Concluding from the Experience'
• Pragmatists 'Planning the next steps'

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McCarthy

• Collaborative Learners primarily interested in
  personal meaning.
• Analytic Learners primarily interested in
  acquiring facts in order to deepen their
  understanding of concepts and processes.
• Common Sense Learners primarily interested in
  how things work.
• Dynamic Learners primarily interested in
  self-directed discovery.

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These three are very similar
Kolb/ Lewin Honey/ Mumford McCarthy
Accommodating Activist Collaborative
Diverging Reflector Analytical
Assimilating Theorist Common-sense
Converging Pragmatist Dynamic
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We will focus on Natural Learning Styles as
developed by Bernice McCarthy
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Type 1 Collaborative Learner

• Collaborative learners like to work and learn
  with other people. They like to talk/interact
  with others while learning. They like essay
  questions over fill in the blanks. They desire
  discussion.
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• The Collaborative Learner is at risk in many
  classrooms for two reasons. First, this learner
  is very good at looking at the broad picture but
  is not usually as good at details. The second
  characteristic that puts Collaborative Learners
  at risk is that they have to talk in order to
  learn. (LeFever, 133)

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Type 2 Analytical Learner

• Analytic learners fit into the category of good
  student or smart in most schools. This is
  because their learning style is most suited to
  the typical education done in classrooms. They
  tend to like to work alone and gather
  information. They like using a desk or table.
  They want to learn new facts.

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Type 3 Common-Sense Learner

• Common Sense learners also like to work alone.
  They are less concerned with facts as they are
  with solving problems. They like to work with
  their hands. They want things to be practical.

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Type 4 Dynamic Learner

• Dynamic learners like to brainstorm. They like to
  take learning to move into new territory. They
  are curious, using guesses or hunches to see
  where they go. They tend toward being creative
  and leaders within a group. They are
  future-oriented.

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These Types of Learners relate to Systems of
Learning

• Collaborative relates to Feeling
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• Analytical relates to Thinking
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• Common Sense relates to Doing
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• Dynamic relates to Integration of the above

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A teacher must be a dynamic synergist utilizing
and integrating different systems and theories of
learning.
Cognitive Theories Humanistic Theories Behavioral
Theories
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Bringing It Together
Theories of Learning Systems of Learning Learning Goal Target Learner
Cognitive Thinking Knowledge/ Understanding Analytical
Humanistic/ Affective Feeling Attitude Collabor-ational
Behavioral Doing Skill Common-Sense
Eclectic Integration Integration Dynamic
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Modes of Learning

• Related to learning styles is modes of learning
  (or methods of learning). What form of stimulus
  is most likely, by the student, to be taken in
  and incorporated in the learning process.
• There are different models for this, but we will
  talk about the simplest VAK (or VAT/K)

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VAK (or VAT/K)

• V Visual Learners (Remember 75 of what they
  see)
• A Auditory Learners (Remember 75 of what they
  hear)
• T/K Tactile/Kinesthetic (Remembering is tied to
  touching and moving)

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Therefore

• Know Thyself
• Know Thy Students
• Knowing the type of learner and modality of
  learning you work best with, and knowing the same
  with your students will help you learn to adapt
  to be an effective teacher with all of your
  students (not just the ones similar to yourself).

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LeFever Notes that the Types of Learners also
Describe a Process of Learning. She calls this
Natural Learning Process.
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NLP Step 1

• Prepare the class for learning. Help them
  understand why what is about to be studied is
  important. Begin with what they already know or
  feel or need. (LeFever,131) This is in the area
  of the Collaborative Learner.
• ltThe HOOK and HEARTgt

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NLP Step 2

• Teach new things. Provide the knowledge input
  into the class instruction. This is the most
  interesting part for the analytic learner.
• ltThe BOOK and HEADgt
• BUT DONT STOP HERE!!

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NLP Step 3

• Test the new knowledge in a safe laboratory.
  Does this information apply? Is it useful? Does
  it work? This is where Common Sense learners
  shine.
• ltThe LOOK and HANDSgt

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NLP Step 4

• Take it into the future. How can what was learned
  be used in the future. How does it affect their
  lives. How does it change the world and change
  who they are. This is where Dynamic learners tend
  to take over.
• ltThe TOOK and HABITgt

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Epilogue

• Consider a passage from the Book of Deuteronomy,
  the Shema. This is Gods command in how to
  teach and train the children of the people of
  Israel.

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Shema (Deut. 64-9)

• Hear, O Israel The LORD our God, the LORD is
  one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart
  and with all your soul and with all your
  strength. These commandments that I give you
  today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on
  your children. Talk about them when you sit at
  home and when you walk along the road, when you
  lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols
  on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
  Write them on the doorframes of your houses and
  on your gates.

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Think about it

• Systems of Learning

Feeling Love God with all your heart
Thinking Love God with all your mind
Doing Love God with all your strength
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Think about it

• Modes of Learning

Auditory Hear, O Israel Talk about them
Visual Visual symbols Write them down
Tactile/Kinesthetic Impress them, tie them, bind them When sitting/walking
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Think about it

• Learning Theories

Cognitive Information God is one. Talk about it. Memorize Commands.
Behavioral Behavior Mark head, hands, and doors as reminders. Obey commands
Humanistic Feelings/Values Change value system. Have individualized instruction and incorporate it with everyday behavior. Express Love.
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Some References

• Ford, LeRoy. Design for Teaching and Training A
  Self-Study Guide to Lesson Planning. Eugene, OR
  Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2002.
• Knight, Lizette. Maximum Learning and Teaching
  Asian Perspectivee. Baguio City, Philippines,
  MLK Equip Publishing, 2009.
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• LeFever, Marlene. Learning Styles in
  Introducing Christian Education Foundations for
  the 21st Century, Michael Anthony, ed. Grand
  Rapids, MI Baker Books, 2001.
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• LeFrancois, Guy R. Psychology for Teaching.
  Belmont, CA Wadsworth Publishing, 1988.
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• Yount, William R. Learning Theory for Christian
  Teachers in Introducing Christian Education
  Foundations for the 21st Century, Michael
  Anthony, ed. Grand Rapids, MI Baker Books, 2001.
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• Yount, William R. Called to Teach An
  Introduction to the Ministry of Teaching.
  Nashville, TN Broadman and Holman, 1999.
• Kolb Learning Styles, http//www.businessballs.c
  om/kolblearningstyles.htm

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Learning Styles and Modes of Learning

• Presented by Celia Munson
• (Bukal Life Care Counseling Center)