Learning styles are important to take into consideration when teaching, they give us great insight to the different ways that students take in, understand and retain information. It came as no suprise to me that according to a survey I took on www.howtolearn.com, that I was a predominantly visual learner, however I was suprised at my high percentage of kinesthetic learning.
Although we each may have our own predominant style of learning, I think we all can learn using other styles, or combinations of styles. As a teacher it is important to understand the theories that exist related to learning, but most important is to test these theories in the classroom and see what results are attained. Only by putting these theories into practice can we be sure of how effective they really are. Here is a short power point presentation I put together which illustrates my personal learning philosophy. My personal learning philosophy
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