- How do I organise PBL activities
so that individual learners feel accepted and able
to contribute to the best of their abilities?
- How can different individuals'
learning styles be catered for?
- How can I
run my class so that each learner feels at home
and able to contribute?
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If there is only one thing that we can be
certain of in our classrooms, it is that learners are all
different. Not only do they look different, come from
different backgrounds, or behave in different ways, but most
of them will think in different ways from each other and from
the teacher. This affects their learning styles.
As educators, it is important that we acknowledge
these differences and the fact that these differences will
have an impact on how individuals learn. We need to
make place for these differences in the planning of our programmes,
so that all learners, despite their individual learning styles,
abilities and talents, are able to benefit from them.
Learning Styles and
Multiple Intelligences
A: Learners may approach the same tasks
in different ways.
Some of the different types of learners
are:
- Active or Reflective learners
- Sensing or intuitive learners
- Sequential or global learners
- Visual or verbal learners
To find out more about these different learning
styles, go to Learning Styles and Strategies from the module Assessing
Information Literacy. Remember: While most people favour a particular
learning style most of the time, this doesn't mean they never
use other learning styles. We may all be active sometimes
and reflective sometimes, visual sometimes and verbal sometimes.
Labeling a learner may mean they never unlock their full potential.
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