July 2010 Blog Posts
Toy Story 3 or Shrek 4? Most reviewers seem to favour Toy Story. Which one do you prefer? The answer may lie in your learning style (which is not only the way you learn, but also the way you experience the world).
On the face of it, Toy Story 3 will appeal to anyone who:
likes to work / play alone
can work in a team
enjoys outdoor experiences and adventure.
Shrek 4 will appeal to anyone who:
likes to work / play alone
can work in a team
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WHAT ARE LEARNING STYLES?
Simply put, a learning style is the way a child learns. The full definition expands it into the way a child takes in information, processes it, and memorises it for later use. A child’s learning styles will consist of many aspects:
whether they are visual, auditory, tactile or kinaesthetic,
whether they have a need for silence, bright light or an informal work area,
what time of day they like to learn.
Please see the pyramid for more information.
NEED FOR SUPERVISION
The need for externally imposed guidance and structure should...
As parents, we get used to being in charge. We are usually the ones who set the rules, decide when it’s bedtime and what goes into the lunchbox. We know best how to tie a shoelace and what their friend would like for her next birthday. We run the risk of becoming too prescriptive in our parenting.
This in turn might discourage our children from thinking for themselves. It's particularly true of children whose Learning Style has a preference for externally imposed structure and guidelines.
If a child has a high need for externally imposed structure and guidelines, he or she will...
With the soccer fever reaching its peak, it's only fair to look at some of the teams and individual players' sport style. Tempting as it is to discuss the benefits of fair play versus "diving", of back kicks versus headers and of goalies who stay put versus goalies who venture beyond the penalty box, the Creative Learning take on soccer is somewhat more unique.
What we are most interested in, includes:
what learning style allows the players to remain calm and keep performing under the tremendous stress of playing in the World Cup;
what...
Wouldn't it be great if we could STOP-START the teacher any time we wanted? Like when our attention wanders, or when we didn't quite get what they drew on the board... what if we could just press the REWIND button and watch the explanation again?
Now you can. The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit organization with the mission of providing a high quality education to the Internet community. Their menu consists of arithmetic, calculus, history, biology, finance... all in all, around 1,500 video clips that can be viewed online.
The learning style best suited to this method of teaching is:
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