Learning styles Different people have different approaches….

Objectives Why learning styles 1 Honey and Mumford learning styles The questionnaire Scoring the questionnaire Why learning styles 2 A practical exercise

Why learning styles? The underpinning concepts: Learners are intrinsically different and have different preferred learning styles. Teaching is a purposeful intervention with the aims of promoting learning and causing learning to happen.

An educator’s experience

Honey and Mumford learning styles Activist Reflector Theorist Pragmatist

Activists The here and now Just do it Jump in at the deep end Have a go Act without thinking it through Don’t like preparation Get bored easily

Reflectors Take time to think it through Consider all angles and implications Listen to others Uncomfortable in unplanned situations Need information to work on Dislike deadlines

Theorists Logical Rational Analytical Objective Perfectionist Restricted lateral thinking Don’t like uncertainty Don’t like subjectivity

Pragmatists Does it work in practice? Like linking the theory to the problem Like to tackle it straight away Enjoy coaching and feedback Don’t like open ended discussions Need clear guidelines Need immediate reward

The LSQ

The learning styles diamond Activist >11 Reflector >15 Theorist >14 Pragmatist

The learning cycle

Add in the learning styles….

Why learning styles Tailoring your teaching style to the learner’s learning style AND All learning styles are important for developmental learning

Practical exercise