learning style
visual learner
the brain doesn't work that way.. most people think of sounds and visuals in their minds.. some people have better visual pictures than others. But everybody needs to incorporate auditory, visual, and kinesthetic learning.. its about teaching strategies. It depends on what you're teaching.. You need to provide your students with a variety of learning styles.
When you want people to learn something, they want you to know the meaning... not the visual or sound of it.
its true that some people are better at some things and others, but teachers what students to learn based on meaning. if the theory is wrong, why does it seam so right? because 90% of people, not just teachers believe this theory.
the theory is that if a person is a visual learner, the teacher can explain and tell the student about what a triangle looks like instead of showing them... that would be difficult.
People can learn in different ways, and some people can learn things better in a certain way.. Teachers don't need to adjust their teaching styles to the different learning styles.
Multiple Intelligences
The student may have a good grade on the exam, but years later they don't know it. Their is nothing to hold onto. But if a students works at something and analyzes it, researches, asks questions, makes up questions, and come back to analyze and really understand.. that's the thing that's doing to stick.
Human beings have multiple strengths
People have different types of thinking and our minds work in all different kinds of ways.
We cover way to much material and way to many topics.. its a mile wide and an inch deep.
exams and tests are mystified.. students don't know what's on it and when the teachers get the results back they don't know what to do with it. The education system needs to change so that students are being prepared in a task through trial and error. students need to be able to go back and look and try again in order to gain a deeper understanding and get meaningful learning.
wow - I really like where you said "we cover way too much material and way too many topics. It's a mile wide and an inch deep."
ReplyDeletewonder - I wonder how we could get more in depth with the wide array of topics that need to be taught?