1. Teaching Versus Presenting www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk Facilitating Student Learning

2. Presenting vs. Teaching Presenting: – Informed audience – Aim is to relay information Teaching: – Uninformed audience – Aim is to develop understanding www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk

3. How do we learn? Everybody is different. How do we learn? – Sight – Smell – Sound – Taste – Touch www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk

4. The VAK Model When teaching try to cater for each of the following: – Visual learners: learn by seeing – Auditory learners: learn by hearing – Kinaesthetic learners: learn by doing Passive Interactive VisualAuditory Kinaesthetic www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk

5. Visual Learners Visual learners prefer: – Slides – Whiteboards – Diagrams – Copying – Colours – Demonstrations www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk

6. Visual Learners Visual learners prefer: a – Slides – Whiteboards – Diagrams – Copying – Colours – Demonstrations www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk

7. Auditory Learners Auditory learners prefer: f – Listening to explanations – Answering questions – Explaining concepts to other people www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk

8. Kinaesthetic Learners Kinaesthetic learners prefer: f – Classroom games – Working through problems themselves – Highlighting key points www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk

9. Activity In groups, design a lesson on diminishing marginal product that would particularly appeal to one type of learner. www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk

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