Today’s Learning Journey

Today’s Learning Journey pace visual explain kinaesthetic digital auditory progress

Aims of session: Remind of what Learning Stylesare, quick methods to identify and develop them Lots of simple ideas to take away and improve

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4 Thinking or Learning Styles or Preferences • Visual • Auditory • Kinaesthetic • Digital

Visual Learners • They make sense of the world through images • Remember faces • Good spellers • Remember colours • See events as a film

Visual Learners • Visual learners tend to look upwards in response to questions • They make sense of the world through images • Remember faces • Good spellers • Remember colours • See events as a film • “I see what you mean”

Auditory Learners • They make sense of the world through sound • Think out loud – often the first to answer a question • Need to hear own thoughts • Aware of other noises around them – can be distracted • Can get told off for talking too much • Often poor spellers

Auditory Learners • Auditory learners tend to move their eyes from side to side in response to questions • They make sense of the world through sound • Think out loud – often the first to answer a question • Need to hear own thoughts • Aware of other noises around them – can be distracted • Can get told off for talking too much • Often poor spellers • “That does/doesn’t sound right”

Kinaesthetic learners • They make sense of the world physically and emotionally • Remember what they did in a lesson – where they sat, who was next to them • Remember events with strong emotional link – very happy/sad • Count on their fingers

Kinaesthetic learners • Kinaesthetic learners tend to look down in response to questions • They make sense of the world physically and emotionally • Remember what they did in a lesson – where they sat, who was next to them • Remember events with strong emotional link – very happy/sad • Count on their fingers • “That feels right” • “I get the point”

Digital learners • They make sense of the world internally • Lessons make sense later • Dislike quick-fire questions • Often organised • Low self-esteem sometimes • Pose, Pause, Pounce, Bounce

Digital learners • Digital learners tend to stare straight ahead, or slightly to one side of you and off to the distance, in response to questions • They make sense of the world internally • Lessons make sense later • Dislike quick-fire questions • Often organised • Low self-esteem sometimes • Pose, Pause, Pounce, Bounce • “That doesn’t make sense to me”

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Today’s Learning Journey