Learning Style’s Fleming’s VARK IMMANUEL VICTOR GEORGE ILTA 07/06/2016
Microteaching Structure Intended learning outcomes Approaches and activities Assessment Active learning session Participative exercises Contributions Questions One minute paper at the end (Biggs’s Constructive Alignment, 2006)
Intended Learning Outcomes By the end of the session students will be able to Explain the 4 different type of learning styles that can be adapted by the learner according to Fleming’s VARK Integrate various teaching aids to include all learners in teaching and learning activities
Learning Styles What is How we learn Fleming (1995) VARK understands, expresses & retain information How we learn Kolb’s, Honey&Mumford’s, Burke (VAK) Fleming (1995) VARK Developed from Accelerated Learning & Neuro Linguistic Programming Visual/Auditory/Reading(Writing)/Kinesthetic
VARK Visual Auditory Reading / Writing Kinesthetic / Doing “I like to see” Auditory “I prefer to hear” Reading / Writing “I been told no need to write or no handouts given, I struggle to retain” Kinesthetic / Doing “I use to fall asleep in lecture, I found that drawing keeps me awake”
Self- Questionnaire
Teaching Methods and Aids Lab Works Lectures Videos Notes Taking Printed materials Discussion Pictures, Charts
Brainstorm Visual Auditory Reading/Writing Kinaesthetic/Doing Videos Pictures, Charts Auditory Lectures Discussion Texts, subtitles, voice Handouts, Graphic Texts, commentary Charts, Materials Reading/Writing Notes Taking Printed Materials Kinaesthetic/Doing Labwork Discussion Notes Taking Guide, Pictures Charts, Materials Graphs, Exercise
One Minute Paper
Any Questions?
Final Thoughts Learners style can and do change time to time It may be challenging at times to include all learners within the selected method of teaching Multimodal style Learning styles may not contribute to learning!!
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