December212009
ZOMG! Learning styles theory is bunk?? »
Have you all ever heard about learning styles? Normally associated with Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences, it basically says that people learn in different ways (verbal, musical, auditory, interpersonal, intrapersonal, etc.) and part of a teacher’s job is to find engaging ways to teach that hit on a bunch of these so that everyone learns…
This is like some BREAD AND BUTTER educational theory that apparently is WRONG. And apparently (according to above linked article), “… the report adds, the “widespread use of learning-style measures in educational settings is unwise and a wasteful use of limited resources.”
I’ve seriously been taught this about teaching since I was 17 and teaching summer school to middle schoolers in Sacramento.
Crazy.
Oh yeah, some shit happened at school today (because - have you noticed yet? there’s actually something EVERY.DAY.), but its the Monday before break begins and I can’t even let my brain go to that depressed place right now. Gotta read GoogleReader some more for tidbits like this and then eventually force myself to work.
