WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME to the Interactive Presentation by Emeritus Professor Barbara Prashnig Creative Learning, New Zealand Unlock your Child's Enormous Learning Potential “ Expect to be challenged!”

REFLECTIONS ABOUT SCHOOL: A little girl had just finished her first week of school and doesn’t want to go back. "I'm just wasting my time," she said to her mother. "I can't read, I can't write and the teacher won't let me talk!!“

What is Learning Style ? = INTAKE – Processing – Storage of… NEW and/or DIFFICULT information What happens at Exams ? OUTPUT of information not necessarily through one’s personal learning style.

Formal or Informal Work/Study Area Bright or Dim Light SENSES V-A-T-K Sound/Music or quiet Time of Day Preference INTAKE Social Preferences Movement/Mobility Everyone CAN learn but everyone learns DIFFERENTLY

LSA Student Model for Students aged 5 – 17 years WSA Model for Managers, Employees & Workers LSA-Adult Model for Students from 18 yrs onwards at Universities & Colleges

ANALYTIC CORRELATION HOLISTIC CORRELATION

Non-academic learners prefer TACTILE & KINESTHETIC learning

SENSORY MODALITIES external internal

NOTE THE DIFFERENCE between: KINESTHETIC: MOBILITY: TACTILE: full BODY involvement, learning by DOING; experiential learning HANDS involvement only, manipulating, touching body movements to SUPPORT …. learning, thinking, listening ~ moving with PURPOSE

Listening Centre Kinesthetic Maths exercise

kinesthetic learning

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Fallacy No 1: Students learn best when seated upright at a desk or table. The need for FORMAL/INFORMAL seating is BIOLOGICAL.

Students learn best when seated upright

at a desk or table.

The need for FORMAL/INFORMAL seating is

BIOLOGICAL.

sitting still??? formal seating???

Fallacy No 2: It is best to work in well illuminated areas because dim light damages people’s eyes. The need for bright or dim light is BIOLOGICAL.

It is best to work in well illuminated areas

because dim light damages people’s eyes.

The need for bright or dim light is BIOLOGICAL.

This releases the hormone CORTISOL which interferes with the energy supply of those brain cells used to recall facts. During prolonged exposure to fluorescent light many students get stressed, intellectually tired, restless and agitated. Fluorescent Lights … work by flashing on and off around 100 times per second.

Fallacy No 3: Students learn more and concentrate better in an absolutely quiet environment. The need for sound or quiet is BIOLOGICAL. Many students need background music while they study.

Students learn more and concentrate better in an absolutely quiet environment.

The need for sound or quiet is BIOLOGICAL. Many students need background music while they study.

Fallacy No 4: Students learn difficult subjects best in the early morning when they are most alert. NOT NECESSARILY SO!

Students learn difficult subjects best in the early morning when they are most alert.

early morning preference???

Fallacy No 5: Students who do not sit still are not ready to learn. The need for MOBILITY is BIOLOGICAL.

Students who do not sit still are not ready to learn.

Fallacy No 6: The older someone is, the easier it is for them to adapt to the instructor’s / teacher’s style. NOT NECESSARILY!

The older someone is, the easier it is for them to adapt to the instructor’s / teacher’s style.

Fallacy No 7: Effective instructions require clearly stated objectives followed by detailed, step-by-step, logical, sequential explanations until everyone understands what’s being taught. Only true for ANALYTICS!

Effective instructions require clearly stated objectives followed by detailed, step-by-step, logical, sequential explanations until everyone understands what’s being taught.

BRAIN DOMINANCE LEFT RIGHT Logical Linear Sequential Analytic Objective Literal Structured Fantasy Random Patterns Holistic Intuitive General Integrated

Underachievers are right-brain dominant Holistic Learners This style does not fit into our traditional academic teaching!!

INDICATOR Underachievement most likely

Fallacy No 8: Eating, nibbling, drinking should only be permitted during breaks, not during class or studying. The need for INTAKE is BIOLOGICAL.

Eating, nibbling, drinking should only be permitted during breaks, not during class or studying.

IMPOSSIBLE!!

CONCLUSION: When parents & teachers understand Learning Styles and let students learn THEIR way…. … . their academic achievements will improve, and then they will also have SUCCESS IN EXAMS ! LEARNING STYLES UNLOCK STUDENTS' POTENTIAL

When parents & teachers understand Learning Styles and

let students learn THEIR way….