Tag Archives: learning styles

Aug 27

Learning Styles and Training?

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Don Clark wrote the following as part of a discussion about learning styles and training, and makes an excellent point about the many learning styles one could look at. My reply follows:

> That’s the whole point, the research does not support the VAK
> learning styles, or the other styles for that matter — it points the
> opposite way — towards content and context having their own delivery
> styles. So why would you recognize something that is not there? And if you
> do believe in all the various styles, how do you support 192 different
> styles in the classroom? If you coached one-on-one, then it would be
> possible, however, I do not think there are many of us that have that
> luxury.

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Jul 23

Teaching Style vs. Learning Style Myths and Realities 26 Research #astd #trdev

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Teaching Style vs. Learning Style Myths and Realities 26, by Bettina Lankard Brown, 2003 PDF Available

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Jul 20

A Well Deserved Poke At Adult Learning Principles and Styles

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It is no secret that I believe adult learning principles and styles are essentially vague and useless in terms of instructing “adults” versus “non-adults” and that the work of many popular adult learning “experts” is terrible, and that includes Knowles. I’m not alone in that respect.

So I was browsing around and came across a well written article entitled How to Use Adult Learning Principles and Styles in Your Next Course, which I believe is typical of the thinking in that field. Despite the fact that it is well written, and clear, it’s nonsense, and it doesn’t even take much thought to realize it IS nonsense. Why many people can’t see the lack of clothing on this particular emperor is beyond me.

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May 04

Nasal Learners, Anal Learners, Phallic Learners, More On Learning Styles

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I’m not sure what to make of what follows, except to say it’s perhaps a good example of trying to use outdated models in today’s world. (That’s if this is serious) Here’s a brief quote from an article
entitled:

Learning Styles
Freud’s Seminal Contribution to Learning Styles

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