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What is Learning Styles?

A brief introduction to Learning Styles and Building Excellence

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Physiological Psychological Sociological

Reflective
Alone
Pair
Auditory Small group
Analytical Large group

Mobility Authority

Visual
Time of Picture

Kinesthetic
Temperature Visual Word

Conformity

Motivation (+/-
feedback)

Auditory
Verbal
Singletasking/
multitasking
Structure

Environmental Perceptual Emotional

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Constant Learning Creates a Constant Need for Learning Styles..........1

The Senses (Perceptual Elements)............................................3

0 Auditory 0 Visual

0 Tactual and/or kinesthetic 0 Auditory-Verbal

Information Processing (Psychological Elements)...........................5

0 Analytical 0 Global 0 Integrated

Response Modes (Psychological Elements)..................................6

0 Reflective 0 Impulsive

The Body (Physiological Elements)...........................................7

0 Intake 0 Time of Day

o Mobility

The Immediate Surroundings (Enviromental Elements)...................8

o Sound 0 Light 0 Temperature 0 Seating

Feelings (Emotional Elements)................................................9

0 Motivation 0 Conformity 0 Structure

0 Tasks Persistence (Multi-Tasking vs. Single-Tasking)

Interaction (Sociological Elements).........................................11

0 Alone, Pair, Group/Team?

0 Authority 0 Variation

Learning Styles Kept Simple 12

Constant Learning Creates a Constant Need for Learning Styles

We never stop learning in life - all the way through the education system, when we attend courses and Aspects
seminars, but also at work and as we go about our everyday lives in general. We need to learn new the pac
things, and we need to learn how to learn, because modern-day life requires us to be adaptable all the if the p
time and able to start performing new tasks. created
started

As a result, it is important to know how to learn, and learning styles become the key to such
knowledge. Once w
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Learning styles may be defined as follows: our lear

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-- concentrate on new and difficult information; if we ar

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-- absorb this information through our senses; in ways

-- process the information and transform it into knowledge; -- store

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this knowledge in our brains; six main

-- retain the knowledge we have stored.

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Certain general conditions must be fulfilled before we are ready to learn in a proper and mode
effective way. Among other things, we should be well adjusted emotionally, be motivated, and
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get on with our fellow team members. We all know how difficult it can be to concentrate if we
feel unhappy or come under stress. We all know that it simply does not work if we are not
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motivated or interested in the topics concerned, and finally we all know how hopeless it elem
seems if we have been forced to work with people we do not really get along with.

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0 interaction (sociological elements), light blue.

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Impulsive ^ Small group
' '' Large group

Everybody has between 6 and 14 strengths in

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should use in your learning
than others -
d useful.

Environmental Perceptual Emotional

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 It is important to keep in mind that there is no
such thing as an “approved” way of learning
which works for everyone. The right way of
learning is your very own way of learning.

Now let us study the different components of

the learning style model in more detail.