12/05/2013

Week 9: Learning Styles and Technology Connections

Technology can help provide a range of learning styles in the classroom. Therefore, 'learning styles and technology connections' is the topic of my blog this week. Below I share specific examples of how I used technology to address different learning styles in my taught module 'Teaching English to Young Learners' this semester:

1- Active Learners: They apply the theories about teaching English to young learners into practice during their microteaching sessions.

2- Reflective Learners: They create reflective web blogs and write about their self-reflections regularly on the web blogs.

3- Sensing Learners: They do hands-on work (preparing teaching materials) before their microteaching session.

4- Intuitive Learners: They interpret how theories about teaching link the facts (classroom practice).

5- Visual Learners: They observe an English lesson at the kindergarten. They see visual representations of course materials.

6- Verbal Learners: They work in groups. They write reflections and make lesson plans.

7- Sequential Learners: They first observe an English lesson at the kindergarten and write reflections about their observation. They then carry out micro-teaching sessions and reflect on their strengths and weaknesses in teaching.

8- Global Learners: During their observation of an English lesson, they see the big picture and grasp the teaching action as a profession.
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4 comments:

  1. Helga2:50 PM

    Hello Eda,
    your idea is excellent! - to assign specific task for every learning style considering real conditions.
    As for me, although I knew about various learning styles before I didn't think about possibility to give different task for every learning style group.

    Best,
    Olga

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    1. Eda Ustunel10:01 PM

      Hello Olga,

      Thank you very much for your comment. I highly recommend you to assign different tasks for different learner styles. I find this way very structured in terms of both planning my lessons and meeting different learners' needs. Please share your experience with me if you decide to apply it.

      Best wishes,
      Eda

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  2. Unknown6:42 PM

    Hello Eda,
    Your have worked out great ideas to incorporate tech into your teaching and I really like them. For example, your idea of asking reflective learners to create reflective web blogs and write about their self-reflections regularly on the web blogs is such a good idea and it suits reflective learners well. I could do the same thing with my students. Congrats!
    Best,
    Sijing

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  3. Eda Ustunel2:54 AM

    Hello Sijing,

    Thank you very much for your comment. I'm glad to hear that you plan to apply the same thing with your students. Please let me know how it works with your students in your teaching context.

    Best wishes,
    Eda

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