ZUNERA LATIF

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School Leadership
Assignment Name: -
Learning Styles and Learning process
Submitted To: -
Mam Bushra Yasin
Submitted By: -
Zunera Latif
Roll No: -
27901
Registration No: -
2017-GCUF-
Session: -
2017-2018
Class: -
B.Ed. (1.5 year)
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY, FAISALABAD.

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LEARNING
INTRODUCTION:-
 One of the most important characteristics of human beings is their capacity to learn.
 An individual starts learning immediately after his birth.
 Our personality, our habits, skills, knowledge, attitude and interest is largely the result of learning.
 All our adaptive as well as maladaptive, and cognitive as well as affective behavior formed by
learning process.
 These are the vital important in helping the individual to adapt to his environment.
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
(William Butler Yeats)
DEFINITIONS:
 Learning is a process that leads to adaptive changes in individual behavior as a result of experience
under a particular set of environmental conditions
 The term learning covers every modification in behavior to meet environmental requirements.
 Learning is the acquisition of habits, knowledge and attitudes. It involves new way of doing things
and it operates on an individual’s attempt to overcome the obstacles or to adjust the new situations. It
represents progressive changes in behavior. It enables him to satisfy interests to attain goal.
 The acquisition of knowledge or skills through study, experience, or being taught
 Learning is the process of acquiring
 New knowledge and intellectual skills
(Cognitive learning)
 New manual or physical skills
(Psychomotor learning)
 New emotional responses, attitudes, and values
(Affective learning)
LEARNING STYLES:-
Information enters your brain three main ways: sight, hearing and touch, which one you use the most
is called your Learning Style It is important to understand that there is no “best” way to learn. Everybody
has a preferred learning style.

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There are many different learning styles, and different styles are suited to different people and/or
situations
Learning styles is a group of characteristic, attitude and behaviors that define our way of learning.
Learning style is a particular way in which the mind receives and processes information
(Carter, et al.,1999).
“I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and understand.”
Confucius
The Seven Learning Styles
1. Visual (spatial)
2. Aural (auditory-musical)
3. Physical (kinesthetic).
4. Verbal (linguistic)
5. Logical (mathematical)
6. Social (interpersonal)
7. Solitary (intrapersonal)
1. Visual / Spatial Learning Style:-
These learners need to see the teacher's body language and facial expression to fully understand lecture
or classroom discussion, visual learners often prefer to take detailed notes to absorb the information. They
prefer sitting at the front of the classroom to avoid visual obstructions
Characteristics of Visual / Spatial Learning Style:-
 Mind sometimes strays during verbal activities
 Observes rather than talks or acts
 Organized in approach to tasks
 Likes to read
 Usually a good speller
 Memorizes by seeing graphics and pictures
 Not too distractible
 Finds verbal instructions difficult
 Has good handwriting
 Remembers faces, but no names
 Uses advanced planning
 Doodles

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 Quiet by nature
 Meticulous, neat in appearance
 Notices details
 You prefer using pictures, images, diagram, handouts, slides and spatial understanding. Underline,
different color, highlighters, flowcharts, graph.
Careers:
Visual arts, architecture, photography, video or film, design, strategic planning, and navigation
Spatial/Visual Learning
2. Auditory Learners Learning Style:-
You prefer using sound and music, lecture, tape, discussions. Remember what they hear in a lecture
or presentation. Or even during a conversation.
Characteristics of Auditory Learners:
 Talk while they write / Whispers to self while reading.
 Remember by listening, and therefore get the most out of lectures.
 Prefer to hear information spoken
 Can absorb a lecture with little effort
 May not need careful notes to learn.
 Often avoid eye contact in order to concentrate
 Talks to self-aloud
 Enjoys talking / Enjoys listening activities
 Has more difficulty with written directions
 Likes to be read to
 Memorizes by steps in a sequence
 Enjoys music
 Remembers faces
 Easily distracted by noises
 Hums or sings
 Outgoing by nature
 Good sense of pitch & rhythm Can sing
 Play musical instrument, or identify sounds of different instruments Notices background music on
TV shows or in movies
Careers:
Playing instrument, conducting, composing music, & sound engineering

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3. Kinesthetic/Bodily/Physical Learning Styles:-
You prefer using your body, hands and sense of touch and you learn best by feeling and doing.
Characteristics of Kinesthetic/Physical Learning Styles:
 Uses body and sense of touch in order to act out a solution
 Likes sport & exercise
 Works on problems while going for walk or run
 Enjoys getting “hands dirty”
 Makes models, diagrams, drawings, projects and manipulatives
 Uses gestures & body language
 Fidgets through lectures
 Speak with their hands and with gestures
 Are uncomfortable in classrooms where they lack hands-on experience
 Like physical rewards
 Need to be active and in motion.
Careers:
Physical work, construction, sports, athletics, drama, & dancing
4. Linguistic/Verbal Learning Styles
You prefer using words, both in speech and writing.
Characteristics of Linguistic/Verbal Learning Styles
 Prefers written or spoken word
 Expresses self easily verbally or in writing
 Loves reading & writing.
 Large vocabularies
Careers:
Public speaking, debating, politics, writing, & journalism
5. Logical/Mathematical Learning Styles
You prefer using logic, reasoning and systems.
Characteristics of Logical/Mathematical Learning Styles
 Pattern recognition

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 Works well with numbers
 Performs complex calculations
 Remembers basics of trig & algebra
 Works through problems systematically
 Sets numerical targets
 Supports point of view with statistics& logical examples
Careers:
Sciences, mathematics, accounting, detective work, law, & computer programming
6. Social/Interpersonal Learning Styles:-
You prefer to learn in groups or with other people.
Characteristics of Social/Interpersonal Learning Styles:-
 Communicate well with others verbally & nonverbally
 People come to you for advice
 Sensitive to others feelings, motivations, or moods
 Enjoy teaching or counseling others
 Prefer learning in groups or classes
 Enjoy games that involve others cards, board games, and team sports
Careers:
Counseling, teaching, training, coaching, politics, human resources, etc.
7. Solitary/Intrapersonal Learning Styles:-
You prefer to work alone and use self-study.
Characteristics of Solitary/Intrapersonal Learning Styles:-
 Private, introspective, independent
 Good concentration & focus
 Self-aware
 Travel to remote places, away from crowds
 Work better alone
Careers:
Authors, researchers, park rangers, and security guards
LEARNING PROCESS
Learning process is carried over through various steps according to HP Smith.
 A motive or drive

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 An attractive goal
 And a block to the attainment of the goal.
Motive:
 Motive is the dynamic force that compels the individual to act.
 The direction of the motive depends upon the relative strength of motives.
 Unsatisfied motives or needs compel the individual to satisfy them, which initiate the learners to
learn something.
An attractive goal:
 For the satisfaction of the needs the individual sets definite goals for achievement.
 The setting of the goal helps in making the learning purposeful and interesting.
A block to the attainment of the goal:
 If the individual faces no difficulty in attending the goal, he will not change his present behavior; this
means there is no necessity to learn.
 If block or barriers obstruct the individual to reach a goal then the individual will try to change his
behavior.
Means something to change his behavior to reach goal.
Some other steps involved in learning are
 Reinforcement
 Integration
 Learning situation.
Reinforcement:
If the responses is successful in action and satisfied the needs, on the subsequent occasions the
individual will tend to repeat it.
Integration: (Addition)
The individual integrate the successful responses with individual previous learning, so that it
becomes a part of new functional whole.
Learning situation:
Learning situation provides opportunity for learning. The quality speed and effectiveness of learning
depends much upon the kind of learning situation and environments available to the learners.