All people perceive and process information differently. As students progress through their years in school, they are able to discover what methods allow them to retain the most information. The key to learning is not simply repetition, but being able to understand a concept. That is how a student can be sure that he or she has truly learned something. Teachers must be able to accommodate their students by tailoring their methods of teaching and materials. Different teaching styles obviously suit different learning styles, and no one teaching style can be effective for all learning styles. Because of this, teachers must be flexible in their methods. A major problem in education teachers have a hard time going outside of their comfort zones, so they are not prepared to try different teaching methods. Teachers must be sure that they are comfortable experimenting with different teaching styles in order to instruct an effective lesson in which all students learn.
The three main learning styles are visual learning, auditory learning, and kinesthetic learning. Visual learning involves using sight to perceive information better than any of the other senses. Body language, gestures, and expressions of the teacher are often centers of focus for visual learners. It is also common for visual learners to focus on the material being presented. Visual learners tend to have success learning through picture association and recognition. Visual learners absorb information by taking detailed notes, making charts, maps, looking at photographs, working with hand outs, and other types of visual aids. These types of learners typically are thorough readers as well. As long as information can be perceived through sight, visual learners will have an easie...
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...ng methods to be sure that my students have a firm understanding of linguistics. The best way to learn a language is by using it in conversation, so an auditory style would work best for these subject areas. As for social studies, art, and computers, visual learning techniques can be very effective. Maps, pictures, and diagrams are all helpful in different ways for each respective subject area.
Teaching styles must be flexible and adaptable in order to accommodate the learning styles of students. I believe that teachers have a hard time going outside of their comfort zones, so they are not prepared to try different teaching methods, which is a major problem in education. People who decide to enter the teaching career must be aware that not every student learns in the same way, and that one teaching style cannot accommodate the needs and interests of all students.
People use their senses to well coordinate their learning skills such as listening and watching. The way you can take in information can come in the following learning styles, visual kinesthetic and auditory. A visual learner is someone who can best take in information by the use of photographs and charts. Kinesthetic learners also referred to as tactile learners enjoy learning new things, doing activities, but struggle to maintain themselves still. An auditory learner is easily distracted and struggles to follow written instructions. They improve in holding and maintaining information as they are listening. A learning style is an own preference used by individual in order to help remember or catch the point of the information given.
There are no two teachers who have the exact same teaching styles. They may be similar but there is always a characteristic that differentiates them. The way teachers interact with their students determines how successful the student will be in that course. A teacher that can relate and make learning interesting for a student will improve how well the student performs.
Students have different ways to learn. Some people are hands on learners or visual learners. Teachers try to adapt the way they teach; to the way their students learn the best. The information that is being taught should be made fun so that the students remember the information. Schools are also using new technology to help students learn. Different learning styles have different effects on people.
I would like to begin by saying that every teacher has his or her own personality, and the incorporation of that could alter some of the specifics of each of my principles,
After reading the section “Philosophies of Education,” I believe that learning, learners, and teaching needs to to be interactive, that students learn best when their lessons are active, challenging and relevant in their world and that they learn through experience. Teaching would include less textbooks, more hands-on activities and the use of technology in the classroom. To be an effective teacher, we need to understand how children learn and realize that not all will fit into one mold and we shouldn 't expect them to either, they need to think for themselves and draw their own conclusions. Some teaching strategies may work great for one student in the classroom yet may not work for all. Therefore, our teaching and the curriculum used needs to be flexible to meet the needs of all the
Due to each state, community, and educator selecting their own curriculum, based off the common core, there are many fluctuations in the United States education system. These mild differences lead to different teaching methods. There are various types of students, each type learns best a certain way. The same can be said for educators. No teacher will teach exactly the same as any other. Each teacher has their own method of educating. Some believe the best approach to education is hands on experience and research while others provide a more rigid, in classroom
Sight, touch, smell, hearing and taste. All senses will be used. These learner style prefer to gained knowledge through practice and experience, information that is related with reality is more reliable for them as they want concrete and multi-sensory experiences in their learning. Perhaps this learning style is the most challenging style in education system because they may not have opportunities to engaged for hands on. Method like experiments, field trip or role play are rarely used. Caused by that, labs and tutorials is more essential for these learners. Among the methods that can help these learner are by trying to use all the senses in the learning process because the more senses you use the higher recall will be, as you have many clues. In additions makes notes with several examples for each concept and use your own examples, more personal examples you created, the better you
This could consist of text with instructions, audio stating the skill, a video demonstrating the skill, advice on how to improve skills or doing a self-assessment. In these type of styles, students or learners uses different styles, as one learning style is not enough to provide the all sufficient knowledge For example, Patient A used the VARK analysis; Visual, Aural, Read/write, Kinesthetic and Multimodal. This analysis was produced by Neil Fleming. This method was helpful in understanding the preferred learning styles for Patient A. Patient A took the VARK 16 question-exam and determined which learning styles were defined. This article describes the learning style for Patient A, comparing preferred
Every child and every classroom is very diverse and not everybody learns the same way. Accommodating to every persons needs when teaching can be difficult. Their are ways for teachers to make sure that every student is able to reach their full potential without leaving them behind.
...ng styles but to be able to master them so we can become better teachers. These styles when incorporated in your lesson make you a better teacher and allow for a successful classroom.
We have learned in our educational courses there are several styles of learning that each of us use one or more of. This is a challenge to the teacher, because it means we can't con- struct all our lessons based on only one style (which is usually our own learning style). We, as teachers, must be willing to expand our own realm of thinking and try new approaches. I love this concept, since I would get bored if I had to teach the same way every day.
There is another group of teachers. They think that because there are so many different teachers, school subjects, learning levels, and students, it is impossible that one method could be suitable to all. On the other hand, considering that every method has its weakness and strength, these teachers argue that the best choice is to select different methods for teachers and learners in different contexts.
Thought out our lives, we are faced with many different learning experiences. Some of these experiences have made a better impact than others. This can be attributed to everyone’s different multiple intelligences or learning styles. A persons learning style is the method though which they gain information about their environment. As a teacher, it is our responsibility to know these styles, so we can reach each of our students and use all of the necessary methods.
In the classroom teachers need to be flexible to put in to practice many different
The one belief I had about teaching that has changed since I began this unit, is that all teachers, more or less, taught in the same way. Perhaps this is a belief that I had formed from my own time at school, where all my teachers taught in the same way; some were more or less effective, but I wasn’t aware of them using theories or methods as such, more that they were or weren’t kind people. This belief has changed and it has really opened my ideas to the many creative models, and instructional methods a teacher can use.