Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Monday, March 26, 2007
Learning Styles based on Riding
This is a new way of looking at learning styles that i havent encountered before. I thought it was rather interesting as it was quite different and much simpler than Gardners Multiple Intelligences. I believe it is based on a person called Ridings work.
Some basic views on learning styles are:
Some people will prefer to have information presented to them as a whole while others will want the details
Some people will prefer to have information presented in text or speech while others would want pictures
Some people prefer to learn by doing while others would wish to think about the information before acting
Some people prefer to understand the theory before acting while others would prefer to act
These are very simple descriptions of learning styles and in practice people have a mixture of them with some characteristics being more pronounced than others.
Some basic views on learning styles are:
Some people will prefer to have information presented to them as a whole while others will want the details
Some people will prefer to have information presented in text or speech while others would want pictures
Some people prefer to learn by doing while others would wish to think about the information before acting
Some people prefer to understand the theory before acting while others would prefer to act
These are very simple descriptions of learning styles and in practice people have a mixture of them with some characteristics being more pronounced than others.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Learning Style
My learning style is dominantly intrapersonal and visual, thus it occurs in the Introspective Domain. It is very important to know your own learning stlye and that of the students you are teaching as it makes for a much more effective teaching strategy. You can make sure you have catered for most people in the class, to ensure for maximum learning capacity. The idea of creatig 3 domains out of the 9 intelligences means it makes t much easier to teach to all students in a lesson.
The different learning stlyes are listed below, but for those visual learners, the following pie chart shows the 9 stages simplified into 3 domains. The following wheel can be found at http://www.surfaquarium.com/mi/mi_domains.htm
VISUAL/SPATIAL - learning visually and organizing ideas spatially. Seeing concepts in action in order to understand them. The ability to "see" things in one's mind in planning to create a product or solve a problem.
VERBAL/LINGUISTIC - learning through the spoken and written word. This intelligence was always valued in the traditional classroom and in traditional assessments of intelligence and achievement.
MATHEMATICAL/LOGICAL - learning through reasoning and problem solving. Also highly valued in the traditional classroom, where students were asked to adapt to logically sequenced delivery of instruction.
BODILY/KINESTHETIC - learning through interaction with one's environment. This intelligence is not the domain of "overly active" learners. It promotes understanding through concrete experience.
MUSICAL/RHYTHMIC - learning through patterns, rhythms and music. This includes not only auditory learning, but the identification of patterns through all the senses.
INTRAPERSONAL - learning through feelings, values and attitudes. This is a decidedly affective component of learning through which students place value on what they learn and take ownership for their learning.
INTERPERSONAL - learning through interaction with others. Not the domain of children who are simply "talkative" or "overly social." This intelligence promotes collaboration and working cooperatively with others.
NATURALIST - learning through classification, categories and hierarchies. The naturalist intelligence picks up on subtle differences in meaning. It is not simply the study of nature; it can be used in all areas of study.
EXISTENTIAL - learning by seeing the "big picture": "Why are we here?" "What is my role in the world?" "What is my place in my family, school and community?" This intelligence seeks connections to real world understandings and applications of new learning.
The different learning stlyes are listed below, but for those visual learners, the following pie chart shows the 9 stages simplified into 3 domains. The following wheel can be found at http://www.surfaquarium.com/mi/mi_domains.htm
VISUAL/SPATIAL - learning visually and organizing ideas spatially. Seeing concepts in action in order to understand them. The ability to "see" things in one's mind in planning to create a product or solve a problem.
VERBAL/LINGUISTIC - learning through the spoken and written word. This intelligence was always valued in the traditional classroom and in traditional assessments of intelligence and achievement.
MATHEMATICAL/LOGICAL - learning through reasoning and problem solving. Also highly valued in the traditional classroom, where students were asked to adapt to logically sequenced delivery of instruction.
BODILY/KINESTHETIC - learning through interaction with one's environment. This intelligence is not the domain of "overly active" learners. It promotes understanding through concrete experience.
MUSICAL/RHYTHMIC - learning through patterns, rhythms and music. This includes not only auditory learning, but the identification of patterns through all the senses.
INTRAPERSONAL - learning through feelings, values and attitudes. This is a decidedly affective component of learning through which students place value on what they learn and take ownership for their learning.
INTERPERSONAL - learning through interaction with others. Not the domain of children who are simply "talkative" or "overly social." This intelligence promotes collaboration and working cooperatively with others.
NATURALIST - learning through classification, categories and hierarchies. The naturalist intelligence picks up on subtle differences in meaning. It is not simply the study of nature; it can be used in all areas of study.
EXISTENTIAL - learning by seeing the "big picture": "Why are we here?" "What is my role in the world?" "What is my place in my family, school and community?" This intelligence seeks connections to real world understandings and applications of new learning.
Useful Websites and Educational Games
Websites that are useful in creating lesson plans with Gardner's Multiple Intelligences in mind.
www.cyke.com - A website that addresses children psychological problems, with a space for kids to play games that help them understand their emotions
www.teachers.ash.org.au/researchskills/dalton.htm - A website that explains ways of implementing Blooms taxonomy in the classroom and examples of tasks that can be given to students.
www.surfaquarium.com/mi/intelligences.htm - This site has an incredible range of games and activities that students can use to learn through their preferred learning styles.
This last website is full of games and activites to stimulate learning in children. They are divided into each of the learning stlyes. It would therefore be useful for all types of learners as it caters to them all, not just kinaesthetic or visual. This website would be useful for fast workers in a classroom, as it could help fill in time for them whilst still being educational. It has the added bonus that when a learner, say visual, recieves stimulation in that area, such as playing visual games on the internet, they are much more receptive to learning even once they have moved on from playing the games.
www.cyke.com - A website that addresses children psychological problems, with a space for kids to play games that help them understand their emotions
www.teachers.ash.org.au/researchskills/dalton.htm - A website that explains ways of implementing Blooms taxonomy in the classroom and examples of tasks that can be given to students.
www.surfaquarium.com/mi/intelligences.htm - This site has an incredible range of games and activities that students can use to learn through their preferred learning styles.
This last website is full of games and activites to stimulate learning in children. They are divided into each of the learning stlyes. It would therefore be useful for all types of learners as it caters to them all, not just kinaesthetic or visual. This website would be useful for fast workers in a classroom, as it could help fill in time for them whilst still being educational. It has the added bonus that when a learner, say visual, recieves stimulation in that area, such as playing visual games on the internet, they are much more receptive to learning even once they have moved on from playing the games.
Monday, March 19, 2007
Educational Blog
This is a blog i found by David Truss, a teacher (i presume) from Canada. It has lots of different posts on education and an interesting post on his ideas about Marc Prenskys article on Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants.
http://eduspaces.net/dtruss/weblog/147741.html
http://eduspaces.net/dtruss/weblog/147741.html
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Characteristics of a Good Blog
1. Clear and concise (no waffling)
2. Individualistic
3. Has plenty of pictures, diagrams, hyperlinks and other stimuli
4. Information is correct and current
5. Information is intersting and requires the reader to engage in higher order thinking
2. Individualistic
3. Has plenty of pictures, diagrams, hyperlinks and other stimuli
4. Information is correct and current
5. Information is intersting and requires the reader to engage in higher order thinking
Summary of Stephen Downes Blog
Stephen Downes Blog
Stephen Downes' blog shows his ideas on the question of how do we make thigns flow? According to Downes, we dont make thing flow, but rather we find something flowing already and go with it. He believes that we cant make things happen by directing the outcome through managment ( what he calls the management fallacy), but rather the outcome is already emergent and we simply help the process along. The web is like the wave, you ride it, you ride with it and go where it takes you, you cant direct the wave. Downes finally though is that the flow will finally occur when we stop trying to make it happen in others and let it happen in ourselves.
Stephen's Podcast
Whilst it is possible to read most of stephen Downe's work, for those of you who are aural learners, this podcast will help you understand his topic much more easily than reading a posting or essay.
Stephen Downes' blog shows his ideas on the question of how do we make thigns flow? According to Downes, we dont make thing flow, but rather we find something flowing already and go with it. He believes that we cant make things happen by directing the outcome through managment ( what he calls the management fallacy), but rather the outcome is already emergent and we simply help the process along. The web is like the wave, you ride it, you ride with it and go where it takes you, you cant direct the wave. Downes finally though is that the flow will finally occur when we stop trying to make it happen in others and let it happen in ourselves.
Stephen's Podcast
Whilst it is possible to read most of stephen Downe's work, for those of you who are aural learners, this podcast will help you understand his topic much more easily than reading a posting or essay.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
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