Training Trainers and Educators

Unit 2 - Learning and Teaching Styles

Aim
• Explore different teaching and learning styles and their
application

Learning outcomes
• Describe different learning and teaching styles and be able to
apply this knowledge effectively in practice

• Discuss the causes of mismatch between educator and learner

and the impact this may have on effective learning
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Learning styles
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/styles/honey_mumford.htmll
http://vark-learn.com/the-vark-questionnaire/

Honey and Mumford •VARK

•Activists •Visual
•Reflectors •Auditory
•Theorists •Read/Write
•Pragmatists •Kinaesthetic
•Multi-modal
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VARK Learning styles

Multi-modal - Those who do not have a standout mode with one

preference score well above other scores, are defined as multimodal.
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Your learning style

• What was your identified learning style?

• Was your identified learning style what you

expected?

• How do you think your preferred learning style

may influence your delivery of teaching and
learning?
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Stages of learning (from G. Grow)

• Dependent

• Interested

• Involved

• Self directed
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Teaching styles

•Authority

•Motivator

•Facilitator

•Delegator
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Match/mismatch in teacher and learner

styles

Gerald Grow http://www.longleaf.net/ggrow