…and Debunking the Myth of Learning Styles The Grapple Problem… …and Debunking the Myth of Learning Styles

21st Century Learners ‘One of the core functions of twenty-first century education is learning to learn in preparation for a lifetime of change.’ David Miliband, 2003 ‘Teaching should at its best be about what teachers do that not only helps students to learn but actively strengthens their capacity to learn.’ David Hargreaves, Learning for Life, 2004

Building Learning Power Building students’ learning power is about: Helping people to help themselves become better learners Developing students’ learning habits Preparing young people for a lifetime of learning

How does it work? Building students as powerful learners: is based on a coherent picture of what it takes to be a good learner grows a student’s learning character and habits develops the appetite and ability to learn in different ways shifts responsibility for learning to learn from the teacher to the learner engages teachers and students creatively as researchers in learning

What effect will developing students learning behaviours have? raised achievement improved behaviour increased motivation supple learning minds increased enjoyment in learning established habits of lifelong learning enhanced creativity

What is the visionary idea based on? An extensive body of research into learning and the brain Recent research into the key dimensions of learning habits Practical trials across the country The original pioneering work of Professor Guy Claxton

Changes in Learning Learning in 60s/7os Learning now Learning in the future

TASK: What learning dispositions are needed for the first learning scenario, 60s/70s classroom? Think of a time when you struggled to learn something at school. How did you feel? Think of a time when you found out something for yourself. What strategies did you use? How did you feel?

Task What are the characteristics of a 21st Century learner in our diverse and changing world?

know – find out- ideas What do you know about this? What do you need to find out? What ideas do you have? Creative Curious Collaborative Methodical Resourceful Adventurous

Fruit and Veg What would you need to know? How would you find out? How would you teach the words?

Professor Guy Claxton https://www.seas.upenn.edu/~eas285/Readings/Claxton.Learning%20Dispositions.pdf

Debunking the myth of learning styles https://elearningindustry.com/the-myth-of-learning-styles