Week#6 - Learning Styles

Learning Styles

Different Theories of Learning Styles Handout

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Videos Right Brain/Left Brain

Test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feAikjPqOq8

Humor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdpkxjEyuJ4

Myth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE6VTvxkhFs

Men/Women in 60 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-XQ_azZOY4
Tale of Two Brains: Short Version   Full Video

Ted Talk

http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/Learning-Styles-the-Importance

Multiple Intelligences

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Juih6pY2DoY
In the classroom:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2hfnXnrWTw

David Kolb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObQ2DheGOKA

Myers-Brigg

• Overview
• Personality Types:  ISTJ   ISFJ   INFJ   INTJ   ISTP   ISFP   INFP   INTP   ESTP   ESFP   ENFP   ENTP   ESTJ   ESFJ   ENFJ   ENTJ
• Test#1   Test#2

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Learning Styles - Discussion Questions Part#1

* In general terms, how would you describe your learning styles?
* How much do you know about these different theories of learning styles?

• Right Brain/Left Brain Dominant
• Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences (musical–rhythmic, visual–spatial, verbal–linguistic, logical–mathematical, bodily–kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic)
• David Kolb’s  Accommodator, Converger, Diverger, Assimilator
• Field Independent vs. Field Independent

* To the extent that you do, how would you characterize your learning styles according to each theory?

* How do your learning styles affect they way you study and learn? * In what ways have your educational experiences matched your learning styles or not?

Learning Styles - Discussion Questions Part#2

• Which theory of learning styles makes the most sense to you?
• How much do you think a person actually has a particular learning style?
  (e.g. I’m a right brain learner, or I’m a visual, interpersonal learner)
• How much do you think learning styles affect they way you learn and/or teach?
• As a learner, how much does it matter which of these learning styles the teacher focuses on?
  Can you think of examples of teachers who targeted different learning styles in their teaching?
• As a teacher, how important do you think it is to incorporate different learning styles into your teaching plans?

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Assignment:

• On your blog, post a customized reflection (according to your learning styles) about our Week#6 materials and discussion about Learning Styles.
• Next week, we will discuss topics related to chapters 6~7 (personality and sociocultural factors). It may be helpful to take a look at those chapters.