A QUESTION OF STYLE

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A QUESTION OF STYLE

• Laura
• Hannah
• Carly
• Jane

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Frank
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pedagogy

• Penguin Dictionary of Psychology broadly, the
  science and art of teaching. The latter aspect,
  being the ascendant one, stamps the lie upon the
  former
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary science of teaching

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Why the study?

• What models of learning styles are influential or
  potentially influential?
• What empirical evidence is there to support the
  claims made for these models?
• What are the broad implications for pedagogy?
• What empirical evidence is there that models of
  learning styles have an impact on students
  learning?

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Popularization

• Major Misunderstandings
• Assumption by many teachers that simply getting
  students to fill in these questionnaires will aid
  learning.
• The impact of categorization on students
• Many people seem to be left under the false
  impression that people go through life using only
  the left or right side of their brain.

• The real danger is that if learners are made to
  believe they are a kinesthetic learner, they
  might see little point in reading a book or
  listening to anyone for more than a few minutes.
  Frank Coffield

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Right Wrong Left
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Popularization

• Positives
• Help identify learning style clashes?
• Facilitate discussion about learning.
• Helping unconfident learners by giving them the
  language to discuss their preferred learning
  method.

• The high popularity of learning styles has at
  least brought teaching methods to the fore front
  of education.
• Money?!
• Popularization into the media.

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Popularization.. some

• Reality Documentaries.
• Firstly the creation of The Unteachables.
• Next Learning styles within The Teen Big Brother
  House.

• Mini Conclusion
• Heightened educational awareness
• Gave potential methods to try induce student self
  awareness.
• Was over used with no valid research that it was
  productive.
• Stemmed media criticism and production of TV
  shows.

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Learning Styles
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Total
Relevant ?
Why ?
13 Learning Styles
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GSD
DUNN AND DUNN
ASSIST
MBTI
13 Most Popular Learning Styles
MSP
LSP
LSI
LSQ
HBDI
CSA
CSI
ILS
TSI
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LSP
CSI
HBDI
CSI
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5 families

• Genetic and other constitutionally based learning
  styles and preferences
• Cognitive structure
• Stable personality type
• Flexibly stable learning preferences
• Learning approaches and strategies

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Genetic

• 2 instruments Gregorcs Style Delineator and
  Dunn Dunn
• Dunn (1990) 3/5 of learning style is
  biologically imposed
• Coffield et al.(2005) all argument forgenetic
  determination of learning styles is necessarily
  based on analogy..

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Cognitive Structure

• Cant change your style it is the enduring
  structural basis for behaviour (Messick 1984)
• Linked to particular personality features, deeply
  embedded in personality structure
• Field dependence/field independence

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Stable Personality Type

• LSQs the Myers-Briggs Type Indictor (MBTI),
  Motivational Style Profile (MSP), Jacksons
  Learning Styles Profiler (LSP)
• Focuses on learning style as one part of the
  observable expression as a relatively stable
  personality type

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Flexibly stable learning preferences

• LSQs Kolbs Learning Style Inventory (LSI),
  Honey and Mumfords Learning Style Questionnaire
  (LSQ), The Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument
  (HBDI), Allinson and Hayes Cognitive Style Index
  (CSI)
• Learning style is not a fixed trait but a
  differential preference for learning, which
  changes slightly from situation to situation
  (Kolb)

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Learning approaches and strategies

• LSQs Entwistles Approaches and Study Skills
  Inventory for Students (ASSIST), Vermunts
  framework for classifying learning styles and his
  Inventory of Learning Styles (ILS), Steinbergs
  theory of thinking styles and his Thinking Styles
  Inventory (TSI)
• Looks at approaches and strategies rather than
  styles within learning

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GSD DUNNDUNN CSA MBTI MSP LSP LSI LSQ HBDI
CSI
ASSIST ILS TSI
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Next time you see a LSQ ask..

• Which instrument do you recommend?
• What is its validity?
• What is its reliability?
• Any evidence of positive impact on raising
  attainment or improving behaviour?

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• next time you see a learning style questionnaire
  burn it.
  
• Frank Coffield Education Guardian July 25th
  2006

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Evaluation