The basis for unlocking students' learning potential is a knowledge of their learning styles. Every parent and teacher should become familiar with LSA instruments (Learning Style Analysis) which are available for all age groups.

1. 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!”

2. 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!!“

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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

7. ANALYTIC CORRELATION HOLISTIC CORRELATION

8. Non-academic learners prefer TACTILE & KINESTHETIC learning

9. SENSORY MODALITIES external internal

10. 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

11. Listening Centre Kinesthetic Maths exercise

12. kinesthetic learning

13. FLIPBOX LERNKREIS PUZZLE KARTEN BANDOLINO BRETTSPIELE KOOSH BALL

15. sitting still??? formal seating???

18. 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.

21. early morning preference???

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

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

27. INDICATOR Underachievement most likely

29. IMPOSSIBLE!!