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knowing thyselfBecoming a Science Teacher:How much do you know yourself?PersonalityLearning stylesThe VARk neil flemmingMultiple intelligences Howard GardnerOVERVIEW OF LEARNING STYLESMany people recognize that each person prefers different learning styles and techniques. Learning styles group common ways that people learn. Everyone has a mix of learning styles. Some people may find that they have a dominant style of learning, with far less use of the other styles. Others may find that they use different styles in different circumstances. There is no right mix. Nor are your styles fixed. You can develop ability in less dominant styles, as well as further develop styles that you already use well.Understanding the basis of learning stylesYour learning styles have more influence than you may realize. Your preferred styles guide the way you learn. They also change the way you internally represent experiences, the way you recall information, and even the words you choose.Research shows us that each learning style uses different parts of the brain. By involving more of the brain during learning, we remember more of what we learn. Researchers using brain-imaging technologies have been able to find out the key areas of the brain responsible for each learning style.

According to Zimmer (2008), students respond to information differently.The Seven Memletic Learning StylesVisual (spatial): pictures, images, and spatial understanding.Aural (auditory-musical): sound and music.Verbal (linguistic): words, both in speech and writing.Physical (kinesthetic): your body, hands and sense of touch.Logical (mathematical): logic, reasoning and systems.Social (interpersonal): learn in groups or with other people.Solitary (intrapersonal): work alone and use self-study.

You prefer using6Visual: The occipital lobes at the back of the brain manage the visual sense. Both the occipital and parietal lobes manage spatial orientation.Aural: The temporal lobes handle aural content. The right temporal lobe is especially important for music.Verbal: The temporal and frontal lobes, especially two specialized areas called Brocas and Wernickes areas (in the left hemisphere of these two lobes).

Physical: The cerebellum and the motor cortex (at the back of the frontal lobe) handle much of our physical movement.Logical: The parietal lobes, especially the left side, drive our logical thinking.Social: The frontal and temporal lobes handle much of our social activities. The limbic system (not shown apart from the hippocampus) also influences both the social and solitary styles. The limbic system has a lot to do with emotions, moods and aggression.Solitary: The frontal and parietal lobes, and the limbic system, are also active with this style.

Neil Fleming's VAK/VARK modelvisual learners;auditory learners;reading-writing preference learners;kinesthetic learners or tactile learners.Fleming claimed that visual learners have a preference for seeing (think in pictures; visual aids such as overhead slides, diagrams, handouts, etc.). Auditory learners best learn through listening (lectures, discussions, tapes, etc.). Tactile/kinesthetic learners prefer to learn via experiencemoving, touching, and doing (active exploration of the world; science projects; experiments, etc.). Its use in pedagogy allows teachers to prepare classes that address each of these areas. Students can also use the model to identify their preferred learning style and maximize their educational experience by focusing on what benefits them the most.Multiple Intelligences (MI)In1983,Americanpsychologist Howard Gardner proposed a theory that sought to broaden the traditional definition of intelligence.

He felt that the concept of intelligence, as it had been defined by mental tests, did not capture all of the ways humans can excel. Gardner argued that we do not have one underlying general intelligence, but instead have multiple intelligences, each part of an independent system in the brain.

Multiple Intelligences (MI)Prodigies are individuals who show an exceptional talent in a specific area at a young age, but who are normal in other respects. Savants are people who score low on IQ testsand who may have only limited language or social skillsbut demonstrate some remarkable ability, such as extraordinary memory or drawing ability.Multiple Intelligences (MI)

Priyanshi Somani is a mental calculator from India. She started mental calculation at the age of six. At the age of 11, she was the youngest participant of the Mental Calculation World Cup 2010 and won the overall title. She is the only participant who has done 100% accuracy in Addition, Multiplication, Square Root till date in all five Mental Calculation World Cups. She is the winner of Pogo Amazing Kids Awards 2010 in genius category. Her name is also added in the Limca Book of World Records as well as the Guinness Book of World Records. Best known as the worlds youngest college graduate at the age of 10. Michael was born in 1984 and known for setting several world records and teaching college at the age of 17. Michael spoke his first words when he was just four months old. When he reached six months, he said to his pediatrician I have a left ear infection and learned to read at the age of ten months. In 2008, he became a reality show Millionaire, and earned $1,000,000 on the television game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

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Having suffered a brain injury as a child, Alonzo has an IQ of somewhere between 45 and 50 (mentally retarded). This certainly doesnt stop him from sculpting though. He can quickly replicate a 3D model of almost any creature after only catching a glimpse of it. Although he is one of the most talented musicians to ever sit behind the keys of a piano, the same fingers that can play Sweet Home Alabama in almost any musical style at all can barely button his shirt.

SAVANTS15Linguistic intelligence involves aptitude with speech and language and is exemplified by poet T. S. Eliot.Multiple Intelligences (MI)

These lines begin the famous poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (1915), by English poet T. S. Eliot. Prufrock, the poems narrator, feels split between his sensitive, poetic feelings and his outer behavior, which is frozen with inaction. In this poem Eliot ponders the spiritual vacuum of contemporary society, describing what he sees as a spiritual death among the living. For this and other works, such as his long poem in five parts The Waste Land (1922), Eliot is considered one of the most important poets and literary critics of the 1900s.Logical-mathematical intelligence involves the ability to reason abstractly and solve mathematical and logical problems. Physicist Albert Einstein is a good example of this intelligence. (MS Encarta Encyclopedia) Multiple Intelligences (MI)

Spatial intelligence is used to perceive visual and spatial information and to conceptualize the world in tasks like navigation and in art. Painter Pablo Picasso represents a person of high spatial intelligence. Multiple Intelligences (MI)

Spanish artist Pablo Picasso experimented with a variety of styles and techniques and greatly influenced the course of modern art. He pioneered the movement known as cubism and invented the artistic technique of collage. Picasso is widely acknowledged as the greatest artist of the 20th century. 18Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence is the ability to use ones body or portions of it in various activities, such as dancing, athletics, acting, surgery, and magic. Martha Graham, the famous dancer and choreographer, is a good example of bodily-kinesthetic intelligence. Multiple Intelligences (MI)

This scene is from a dance called Letter to the World (1940), created by the American dancer and choreographer Martha Graham. The piece was inspired by the life and work of the American poet Emily Dickinson. Graham herself performed the main role. Graham, whose modern style was considered controversial when she debuted in New York in 1926, became a major force in the type of dance known as modern dance ballet, in which emotional expression is an essential component.Interpersonal intelligence involves understanding others and acting on that understanding and is exemplified by psychiatrist Sigmund Freud. (MS Encarta Encyclopedia)

Multiple Intelligences (MI)In 1901, he published The Psychopathology of Everyday Life, in which he theorized that forgetfulness or slips of the tongue (now called "Freudian slips") were not accidental at all, but it was the "dynamic unconscious" revealing something meaningful. He concluded that the sexual drive was the most powerful shaper of a person's psychology, and that sexuality was present even in infants. He shocked society when he published these ideas in 1905. His most well-known theory is that of the "Oedipus complex" -- that in children (boys, that is) there is a sexual attraction towards the mother and a sense of jealousy to the point of hatred of the father. He later developed a parallel theory for girls. Intrapersonal intelligence is the ability to understand ones self and is typified by the leader Mohandas Gandhi. Multiple Intelligences (MI)

Indian nationalist leader Mohandas Gandhi spent his life campaigning for human rights in India. His strategy was to use a combination of passive resistance to and noncooperation with the British, who ruled India. Gandhi said his techniques were inspired by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, by American writer Henry David Thoreau, and by the teachings of Jesus Christ. In 1947 Gandhis pacifist efforts brought an end to British rule in India. In the late 1990s Gardner added an eighth intelligence to his theory: naturalist intelligence, the ability to recognize and classify plants, animals, and minerals. Naturalist Charles Darwin is an example of this intelligence.

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Charles Darwin was greatly influenced by the geologist Adam Sedgwick and naturalist John Henslow in his development of the theory of natural selection, which was to become the foundation concept supporting the theory of evolution. Darwins theory holds that environmental effects lead to varying degrees of reproductive success in individuals and groups of organisms. Natural selection tends to promote adaptation in organisms when necessary for survival. This revolutionary theory was published in 1859 in Darwins now famous treatise On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. Musical intelligence show sensitivity to rhythm and sound. They love music, but they are also sensitive to sounds in their environments. They may study better with music in the background. They can be taught by turning lessons into lyrics, speaking rhythmically, tapping out time. Tools include musical instruments, music, radio, stereo, CD-ROM, multimedia.Multiple Intelligences (MI)Although he has been blind since birth, nothing has dimmed Stevie Wonders musical genius. He began playing piano at age four, and his compositions and musicianship were nationally renowned by the time he was twelve. Wonders passionate and thoughtful songwriting remains some of the greatest in popular music.

Points to Ponder The teacher is the most important agent of change and catalyst in the classroom in order that teaching-learning process will exist.

They are responsible in encouraging and motivating our students to study and become good citizens.Therefore, TEACHERS PREPARATION is an imperative area of concern.

Our countrys future is shaped inside the classroom: QUALITY TEACHERS BEGET QUALITY GRADUATES.

Mediocre teachers produce mediocre graduates but EXCELLENT TEACHERS PRODUCE EXCELLENT WORKERS.Points to Ponder OUR PROBLEM Ninety (90) percent of teachers in the higher education system are TEACHERS BY ACCIDENT.

People who are working harbor feelings of dissatisfaction, lack of motivation, anger, hatred and regrets. Dr. Patricia Patton28OUR PROBLEMThose who dont qualify for other courses are usually advised by their parents or elders with:MAGTITSER KA NA LANG.TEACHERS-BY-ACCIDENTWHY ARE MANY TEACHERS TEACHERS-BY-ACCIDENT?Because they are handpicked by God to teach the next generation.

This makes TEACHING a CALLING, not an OCCUPATION.A NEW MINDSETYour job as a future teacher is the strategic place where God put us to represent Him...

And when God is your boss, YOU CANT AFFORD TO FAIL!THE NOBLEST PROFESSION Your influence does not stop in the four corners of the classroom...

YOu either produce successful or miserable individuals.

A TEACHERS ROLE Teachers must realize that education is an effective instrument of social change.

Therefore, the teacher has to be equipped with appropriate knowledge & skills to be a competent agent for this transformation. THE POWERFUL TEACHER As a future teacher, I believe that I will be the decisive element in the classroom. Its my personal approach that creates the climate. Its my daily mood that makes the weather. As a future teacher, I will possess a tremendous power to make a childs life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a student humanized or de-humanized.- Haim Ginott