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Learning Styles/ Personality Types

Learning Styles/ Personality Types. Florida and the Islands Comprehensive Center. Brain research confirms what experienced teachers have always known:. No two children are alike No two children learn in the identical way

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Learning Styles/ Personality Types

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  1. Learning Styles/ Personality Types Florida and the Islands Comprehensive Center

  2. Brain research confirms what experienced teachers have always known: • No two children are alike • No two children learn in the identical way • An enriched environment for one student is not necessarily enriched for another • In the classroom we should teach children to think for themselves Marian Diamond

  3. Why should I care about learning styles? • The way a child learns affects his/her entire personality and development. • Understanding learning styles will help teachers and students to better communicate. • Understanding learning styles will help teachers to differentiate instruction.

  4. What is a learning style? • A learning style is… • a way to take in and process information • a preference that gets stronger the more it is used • the way the mind operates • the way we learn!

  5. Sensing Thinking Learner(ST) • Likes: • Immediate responses and feedback • Details and sequential order • Hands-on activities with a specific, correct answer • Clear, concise, step-by-step directions • Knowing exact expectations; why something has to be done, and how well it is to be done • Drill and practice

  6. Intuitive Thinking Learner (NT) • Likes: • Planning and organizing before working • Working independently • Analyzing and examining pros and cons • Arguing and debating • Thinking about ideas and how they are related • Finding/designing a new way to do something • Logical and strategic games

  7. Intuitive Feeling Learner(NF) • Likes: • Learning without time constraints • Praise for personal ideas and insights • Using creativity and imagination • Open-ended activities with many possibilities • Working on many things at once • Self-expression and self-discovery • Creative and artistic activities

  8. Sensing Feeling Learner(SF) • Likes: • Getting personal attention and praise • Sharing feelings and experiences • Working in groups/being part of a team • Having someone show how to do something • Role-playing and personal expression • Non-competitive games where no one loses • Interpersonal activities; opportunities to learn about himself/herself

  9. What is your learning style? Sensing Thinking (ST) Intuitive Thinking (NT) Intuitive Feeling (NF) Sensing Feeling (SF)

  10. Questions: • Sensing Thinking (ST): WHAT? • Intuitive Thinking (NT): WHY? • Intuitive Feeling (NF): WHAT IF? • Sensing Feeling (SF): WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO ME?

  11. In A Nutshell… • No one learning style is better than another. • We all have characteristics of each learning style; some characteristics are just stronger than others. • Learning about each style will help us to better understand and communicate with our students. • Knowing about each learning style will help teachers to better understand how students learn and how to differentiate instruction.

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