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Unit 2 - Learning and Teaching Styles

Aim• Explore different teaching and learning styles and

their application

Learning outcomes• Describe different learning and teaching styles and

be able to apply this knowledge effectively in practice.

• Discuss the causes of mismatch between educator and learner

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Learning styles

Honey and Mumford - •Activists•Reflectors•Theorists•Pragmatists

VARK - •Visual•Auditory•Read/Write•Kinaesthetic

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The quest for knowledge

“What people really want is not

knowledge but certainty.” Bertrand Russell

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Stages of learning

• Dependent

• Interested

• Involved

• Self directed

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Teaching styles

• Authority

• Motivator

• Facilitator

• Delegator

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Match/mismatch in teacher and learner styles

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