Learning Styles Needs, and Preferences

Learning Styles, Needs, and Preferences

• This PowerPoint is an overview of some of the research conducted to date on understanding and responding to the needs and preferences of individuals. It can help you think about how your create access and connections throughout your meetings. Think about this in terms of connections and access to information and colleagues!

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DifferentiatedInstruction

Universal Design

Humor &Resiliency

PersonalityTypes

Isabel Briggs Myers

David M. Kiersey

Renata & Geoffrey

Caine

Robert Sylwester

Eric JensenPat Wolfe

Leslie Hart

BasicNeeds

Horham Maslow

William Glasser

Wendy Mobilia

Susan Kovlik

Gayle Gregory

Diane HeacoxCarolyn Chapman

Carol Ann Tomlinso

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H. Stephen Glenn

Jane Nelson

MultipleIntelligence

sHoward Gardner

Daniel GolemanDavid Lazear

Thomas Armstrong

Diane LoomansKaren Kolberg

Steve & Sybil Wolin

David & Roger

Johnson

Problem Based Learning

James Bean

Environmental

Influences

LearningStyles

Rita & Ken Dunn

Bernice McCarthy

Judy Wood

Kathleen Butler

Tony Gregoric

Curriculum

Design

Thematic IntegratedInstruction

Spencer Kagan

Cooperative Learning

Marian Diamond

Celebratory Learning

CELEBRATORY LEARNING

Positive interdependence Individual accountability Simultaneous interaction Connections to previous learning Theme-based learning Need based learning Brain compatible environment Play and Humor Learning Community Celebrating the learner & the learning

Attributes of Celebratory Learning

Implementation of Celebratory Learning Drawing on the work of Kagen and others we have identified specific concepts that need to be in place to support Celebratory Learning.•Learning Teams;•Teacher serves as both the facilitator and guide in assisting groups in following structures to support cooperation, positive interdependence, and individual accountability;•Develops cooperative structure understanding and skill among students;•Ensures the learning is relevant, accessible, and promotes critical thinking and rich learning.

Mind/Brain Learning PrinciplesPrinciple 1: The brain is a complex adaptive system.

Principle 2: The brain is a social brain.

Principle 3: The search for meaning is innate.

Principle 4: The search for meaning occurs through "patterning".

Principle 5: Emotions are critical to patterning.

Principle 6: Brains simultaneously perceive & create parts and wholes.

Principle 7: Learning involves both focused attention & peripheral perception.

Principle 8: Learning involves conscious & unconscious processes.

Principle 9: We have at least two ways of organizing memory.

Principle 10: Learning is developmental.

Principle 11: Complex learning is enhanced by challenge & inhibited by threat.

Principle 12: Every brain is uniquely organized.

Fundamentals of

Emotional Intelligence

1. Self Awareness

2. Handling Emotions

3. Self-Motivation

4. Empathy

5. Social Skills

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE THEORY

Myers-BriggsTraits

Extrovert

Sensing

Feeling

Judging

Introvert

INtuition

Thinking

Perception

Myers-Briggs Characteristics

Learning Style Preferences

There are three general styles of learning preferences, which are referred to as modalities: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic.

Visual learners learn best by seeing information. They are able to remember information that is presented in pictures, charts, or diagrams. Visual learners often have strong visualization skills. They can look up or close their eyes and see” the information they have learned.

Auditory learners learn best by hearing information. They can remember information that is explained to them orally better than information they have seen or read.

Kinesthetic learners learn best by doing – by working with their hands, working with objects in hand-on experiences, and involving larger body movements as they study.

The Laughing Classroom

Principles of Universal Design

Principle One: Equitable Use

Principle Two: Flexibility in Use

Principle Three: Simple and Intuitive Use

Principle Four: Perceptible Information

Principle Five: Tolerance for Error

Principle Six: Low Physical Effort

Principle Seven: Size and Space for Approach and

Use

The Center for Universal Design (1997) lists the following principles of universal design: