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Title: learning styles


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learning styles how to use them
  • Ramesh Mehay
  • Programme Director (Bradford VTS) 2008

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Aim
  • To introduce the participants to the concept and
    the use of learning styles
  • and linking it to the e-portfolio

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Objectives
  • At the end of the sessions the participants will
    have
  • been introduced to the Honey Mumford Learning
    Styles
  • seen the variety of styles amongst their fellow
    colleagues
  • Related their learning styles to themselves and
    their own lives
  • Some awareness of the implications for the
    e-portfolio

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Perceptions
  • What do you see?

5
On to Honey Mumford
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Honey Mumford Learning Style Learners
  • 4 axes

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Activists
  • Involve themselves fully without bias in new
    experiences
  • Open minded Not sceptical, enthusiastic about
    anything new
  • Days are filled with activity
  • When one activity is dying down, theyre on the
    look-out for another

8
Activists
  • But
  • Act first consider the consequences after
  • Centre all the activities around themselves!
  • Thrive on challenge, but bored with
    implementation and long term consolidation

9
Reflectors
  • stand back and ponder about experiences
  • enjoy observing other people, adopt a low profile
  • act on the past, the present and the opinion of
    others
  • a more rounded reflection

10
Reflectors
  • But
  • thorough collection and analysis of data can
    delay reaching a definite conclusion

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Theorists
  • observe and make theories
  • analyse and synthesise
  • go back to basic assumptions, principles,
    theories, models and systems

12
Theorists
  • But
  • perfectionists
  • tend to be detached
  • Analytical
  • feel uncomfortable with subjective judgments,
    lateral thinking and anything flippant

13
Pragmatists
  • keen on trying out ideas, theories techniques
    to see if they work
  • return from management courses brimming with new
    ideas that they want to try out
  • essentially practical down to earth people get
    on with things
  • like making practical decisions and problem
    solving

14
Pragmatists
  • But
  • impatient with ruminating and open-ended
    discussions

15
The graphs
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Whats the NORM all rounded
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Reflector Theorist

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Reflector - Theorist
  • Commonest variant style
  • ANALYSIS TO PARALYSIS

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Activist - Pragmatist

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Activist - Pragmatist
  • 2nd commonest variant style
  • but they do things too quickly!!!

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Activist - Theorist

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Activist - Theorist
  • Not a common style
  • jump to conclusions

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Activist - Reflector

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Activist - Reflector
  • uncommon
  • But depending on the proportions, have the
    ability to reflect before they act a good thing

25
How does all of this tie in with the e-portfolio?
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Activists - Pros
  • Enthusiastic about anything new
  • You need to capture this in your e-portfolio
  • Love projects and new experiences
  • Why did you engage in an activity? etc
  • Act first, consider consequences later
  • Capture the consequences and reflect. What have
    you learned?

27
Activists - Cons
  • Days are filled with activity/Bored with long
    term consolidation
  • Will you have time for the e-portfolio?
    (schedule it in because when one activity is
    dying down, youll already be onto another)
  • Will you get bored with the activity by the time
    it needs logging on?
  • May end up with lots of incomplete PDPs (long
    term consolidation)
  • Might end up overwhelming the e-portfolio (with
    all the activities)
  • Be selective what is useful what shows
    curriculum coverage?

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Reflectors - Pros
  • Very good observers
  • Capture what youve seen, heard or feel
  • Capture an all rounded view
  • Act on the past, the present and opinions
  • Good at exploring feelings
  • As well as the mechanics of an issue

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Reflectors - cons
  • Can postpone reaching a definite conclusion
  • And may end up adding entries too late
  • Capture the views of everyone and everything
    around them
  • Beware, e-portfolio entries need to be concise

30
Theorists - Pros
  • The e-portfolio might complement their learning
    style
  • Because it helps provide a structure for their
    learning
  • eg what did you learn from the event, what will
    you do differently, how will you do this, by what
    time?
  • Often add entries in a logical way
  • Starting from first principles and basic
    assumptions.
  • Therefore, the flow might be good.

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Theorists - cons
  • Theorists are perfectionists and the e-portfolio
    isnt
  • E-portfolio may not accommodate all real life
    situations
  • Where do you put what?
  • Tend to be detached and analytical
  • You need to show your humanistic side
  • Subjectivity and ambiguity are just as important
    as objectivity and for that, you need to get
    comfortable with lateral thinking
    ruminating/open ended discussions

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Pragmatists - pros
  • Return from courses brimming with pragmatic ideas
  • Capture them in the e-portfolio, may help you
    keep a log of them so you dont forget
  • Practical people
  • Placing learning events in context
  • See problems and opportunities as challenges
  • And the ARCP panels like that attitude

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Pragmatists - cons
  • Practical down to Earth people
  • May ignore the e-portfolio as they might not see
    how it can help them with their day to day work
  • Concentrate on the mechanics rather than people
    and feelings
  • Be careful, you need to capture both a balance
  • Impatient with ruminating and open ended
    discussions
  • And sometimes you need that to help things
    progress

34
If you were the norm
  • The ideal for the e-portfolio IS the NORM
  • all rounded
  • no extremes to stop them from using the
    e-portfolio in a skewed way

35
How else can you use learning styles to your
advantage?
  • and something about how we run our scheme

36
Putting it all together
  • When learning, use learning styles to
  • Complement your preference style
  • Use methods to boost weaker areas
  • We use them to
  • Design courses to appeal to a set of different
    learning styles
  • Learning styles can be used to achieve a balance
    of skill mix within a team/group

37
Methods of Instruction
  • the lecture
  • the modified lecture
  • the demonstration
  • Practical sessions
  • Readings
  • group discussion
  • conferences
  • seminars
  • workshops, clinics
  • the fishbowl
  • role-play
  • simulation
  • games
  • videos/films
  • brainstorming
  • programmed instruction
  • field trips
  • question and answer

38
Things we do on our scheme
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Multi-modality learning
  • We remember
  • 10 of what we read
  • 20 of what we hear
  • 30 of what we see
  • 50 of what we see and hear
  • 80 of what we say
  • 90 of what we say, hear and do (Rigg)

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So dont dismiss the exercises
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Close
  • HDR exercises, tasks and games are carefully
    designed to
  • explore new avenues, so dont just dismiss them
  • dont mock them until youve tried them
  • So

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Close
  • Go out there and PLAY!
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