Learning Styles Revisited... Adapting to the task at hand!
How do people learn? It's an interesting question and one that has intrigued educators for years. Some people learn very quickly, some take more time, some learn by using pen and paper, others use technology while still others disengage at the very mention of certain subjects. So, the question naturally arises, do people have specific styles of learning or learning preferences that we can somehow match in our teaching practice? If only we could somehow measure those preferences and tailor our teaching to match the needs of our students? Or what if we could give students some practical advice, strategies, tools or techniques that helps meet their needs? Could we do that with a questionnaire? ( "learning styles" by LindaH is licensed under CC BY 2.0 ) This kind of logic was at the heart of the theory of learning styles, a concept that people have explored many times from Honey and Mumford's model of Activists, Theori...