Varying Teaching Styles

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Varying Teaching Styles

• By David Ronan Nathaniel Smart

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3 Learning Styles

• Visual
• Auditory
• Kinesthetic

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Visual

• Work best if the lesson is something that they
  can see and/ or watch
• Written materials and instructions, diagrams,
  posters, and demonstrations.
• Usually neat and well organized.
• Works well with those wanting to do course work
  via distance education.

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Auditory

• Learned best if an oral component to the material
  is present
• Filter the info they hear and store the relevant
  data but not always picture it
• May use phrases such as, I hear you
• Some education courses have audio and/or video
  taped components

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Kinesthetic

• Touch or feel what they are learning about
• Do not always have a good time sense or sense of
  orderliness or neatness
• Speak of their learning in terms of feelings, I
  feel
• Excel in courses that are more project
  oriented

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Learning Style Quiz

• http//members.shaw.ca/mdde615/lrnstylsquiz7.htm

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Teaching Styles

• Formal Authority
• Demonstrator or Personal Model
• Facilitator
• Delegator

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Formal Authority

• Focus on content
• Teacher-centered
• Teacher responsible for controlling the flow of
  content.
• "I am the flashlight for my students, I
  illuminate the content and materials so that my
  students can see the importance of the material
  and appreciate the discipline.
• No relationship building
• Little to none class participation

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Demonstrator or Personal Model

• Teacher-centered classes
• Emphasis on demonstration and modeling
• Demonstrates skills and then helps students
  develop and apply these skills and knowledge
• I show my students how to properly do a task or
  work through a problem and then Ill help them
  master the task or problem solution. Its
  important that my students can independently
  solve similar problems by using and adapting
  demonstrated methods.
• Encourage student participation

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Facilitator

• Focus on activities
• Student-centered learning
• Works best for students who are comfortable with
  independent learning
• Students who can actively participate and
  collaborate with other students also benefit
• Design group activities which necessitate active
  learning
• Activities that require student processing and
  application of course content in creative and
  original ways

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Delegator

• Place much control and responsibility for
  learning on individuals or groups of students
• Gives students a choice designing and
  implementing their own complex learning projects
  and will act in a consultative role
• Work independently or in groups
• Learn more than just course specific topics but
  also work in group situations and manage various
  interpersonal roles

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Why?

• Teachers have individual approaches to teaching -
  and students recognize this. There is no
  standard approach to teaching that every teacher
  should strive to adopt, but certain strategies
  are valuable in the classroom. Varying teaching
  styles should be used to address the different
  learning styles and needs of each individual
  classroom. SHAZAAM!!

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Discussion Question

• Pretend that this pie graph represents the number
  of your students main learning styles. What
  teaching styles would you use? Why?

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Additional Resources

• http//www.tss.uoguelph.ca/resources/idres/package
  ls.html
• http//www.medicine.usask.ca/cbf/JITR/Cycles/style