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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

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

8. 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?

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

10. 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

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

16. Professor Guy Claxton

17. Debunking the myth of learning styles