Rural and Remote Placement Guidelines part 1

1. Rural and Remote Placement Guidelines part 1

34.  Active learner
 Doing , discussing, explaining
 Like group work
 Dislike passive lectures
 Help by
 Getting involved
 Group work
 Guessing games

35.  Reflective
 Think things through first
 Prefer working alone
 Helped by
 Stop and think
 Review
 Think of applications and
questions
 Write summaries

36.  Sensing learners
 Like facts
 Problem solve by established
methods
 Hate complications and surprises
 Dislike being tested unless previously
taught in detail
 Good with facts
 Good with hands on work
 Practical and careful
 Need facts that connect with the real
world

37.  Sensors – helped by
 Connections with real world
 Practical applications
 Brainstorming with other students

38.  Intuitive learners
 Like discovering possibilities
 Like innovation
 Dislike repetition
 Grasp new concepts
 Good with abstractions
 Work fast
 Innovative
 Dislike – too much memory work and
routine

39.  Intuitive learners – helped by
 More theory
 Go slower and re read as tend to rush stuff

40.  Visual learners
 Learn what they see
 Pictures
 Diagrams
 Charts
 Films
 Helped by
 Diagrams sketches
 Mind maps
 Colour coding

41.  Verbal
 Learn from words
 Written
 Spoken explanation
 Helped by
 Summaries
 Outlines
 Group work – listen and explain

42.  Sequential learner
 Linear steps
 Logical progression
 May not understand everything but can use
material
 Good detail people

43.  Sequential learner
 Helped by
 Outline material in logical order
 Relate topics to known material to
enhance global thinking

44.  Global learner
 Large jumps from mystery to understanding
 Grasp bigger picture
 May have difficulty in explaining methods as
unconscious process
 Good concept people

45.  Global learner
 Helped by
 Skim information first to get overview
 Immerse in a subject for larger blocks rather than
looking at multiple things at once
 Try to relate to things already known
 Consult references