Excellence in Vocational Teaching Symposium23 & 24 September 2013

Qingdao, P.R. China

Julia Bruce

Student Centred learning

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Julia Bruce

Student Centred learning

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By the of this session participants will have: • Identified their own learning style• Listed a minimum of 5 learning strategies

that suit them best

Learning outcomes

Answer Sheet

• For each question look down the “A” column if you answered “A”, the “B” column if you answered “B” and the “C” column if you answered “C”

• Write the letter V,A or K in the “Re” column • Add up how many V’s, A’s and K’s you have in

the “Re” column• What letter do you have the most of?

VAK Dominance Test

• Write one letter only in the blue line in the “Response” column

• Write the letter next to the response that is your strongest preference

• Do not think about the answers for too long• You can not get this test wrong!

Visual

Source: http://www.vark-learn.com/english/index.asp

Input

Output

Aural (talking and listening)

• Join discussions • Discuss topics with your

teachers• Explain new ideas to

other people• Use a recorder• Remember interesting

examples, stories and jokes

• Describe the pictures to somebody who was not there

• Leave spaces in your notes for later recall

• Your notes may be poor because you prefer to listen

• Expand your notes by talking with others and taking notes from the textbook

• Record your notes and listen to them

• Ask others to listen to your understanding of a topic

• Read your notes aloud• Explain your notes to

another 'aural' person

• Imagine talking with the examiner

• Listen to your voices and write them down

• Spend time in quiet places recalling the ideas

• Practice writing answers to old exam questions

• Speak your answers aloud or inside your head

Intake Study Output

Source: http://www.vark-learn.com/english/index.asp

Kinaesthetic (doing)

• All your senses - sight, touch, taste, smell, hearing

• laboratories• field trips• Real-life examples• Hands-on approaches • Trial and error• Collections of rock

types, plants, shells, grasses...

• Exhibits, samples, photographs...

• Recipes - solutions to problems, previous exam papers

• Your notes may be poor because the theory was not linked to practice

• Use examples to summarise your notes

• Solve case studies• Talk about your notes

with another "K" person

• Use pictures that illustrate an idea

• Go back to the laboratory

• Recall experiments and field trips

• Write practice answers, paragraphs...

• Role play the exam situation in your own room

Intake

Study Output

Source: http://www.vark-learn.com/english/index.asp

Intake

List your learning strategies

Make a list of at least five learning strategies that suit your learning style.