Learning styles

1. Learning styles
Different people have different approaches….

2. Objectives
 Why learning styles 1
 Honey and Mumford learning styles
 The questionnaire
 Scoring the questionnaire
 Why learning styles 2
 A practical exercise

3. Why learning styles?
The underpinning concepts:
 Learners are intrinsically different and
have different preferred learning styles.
 Teaching is a purposeful intervention with
the aims of promoting learning and
causing learning to happen.

4. AN EDUCATOR’S
EXPERIENCE

5. Honey and Mumford learning styles
 Activist
 Reflector
 Theorist
 Pragmatist

6. Activists
 The here and now
 Just do it
 Jump in at the deep end
 Have a go
 Act without thinking it through
 Don’t like preparation
 Get bored easily

7. Reflectors
 Take time to think it through
 Consider all angles and implications
 Listen to others
 Uncomfortable in unplanned situations
 Need information to work on
 Dislike deadlines

8. Theorists
 Logical
 Rational
 Analytical
 Objective
 Perfectionist
 Restricted lateral thinking
 Don’t like uncertainty
 Don’t like subjectivity

9. Pragmatists
 Does it work in practice?
 Like linking the theory to the problem
 Like to tackle it straight away
 Enjoy coaching and feedback
 Don’t like open ended discussions
 Need clear guidelines
 Need immediate reward

10. THE LSQ

11. The learning styles diamond
Activist >11
Reflector >15
Theorist >14
Pragmatist >15

12. The learning cycle

13. Add in the learning styles….

14. Why learning styles
Tailoring your teaching style to the
learner’s learning style
AND
All learning styles are important for
developmental learning

15. PRACTICAL EXERCISE