Learning and Teaching Style for Teaching Children

Your students will be more successful if you match your teaching style to their learning styles. This section will cover the following points:

Learning and Teaching Style for teaching children

• What is a learning style?
• Where do learning styles come from?
• Why should teachers know about learning styles?
• What types of learning styles are there?
• What teaching methods and activities suit different learning styles?

What is a learning style?

• A learning style is more or less the way in which a person consistently perceives, conceptualizes, organizes and recalls information.

Where do learning styles come from?

• Your students' learning styles will be influenced by their genetic make­-up, their previous learning experiences, their culture and the society they live in.

Why should teachers know about learning styles?

• Students learn better and more quickly if the teaching methods used match their preferred learning styles. As learning improves, so does self-esteem. This has a further positive effect on learning. Students who have become bored with learning may become interested once again. The student-teacher relationship can improve because the student is more successful and is more interested in learning.

What types of learning styles are there?

• There are many ways of looking at learning styles. Here are some of the classification systems, that researchers have developed.

 There are four main types of learning styles:

• Students may prefer a visual (seeing), auditory (hearing and speaking), kinesthetic (moving) or tactile (touching) way of learning.

Those who prefer a visual learning style...

• look at the teacher’s face intently
• like looking at wall displays, reading books, etc.
• often recognize words by sight
• use lists to organize their thoughts
• recall information by remembering how it was set out on a page

Those who prefer an auditory learning style...

• like the teacher to provide verbal instructions
• like dialogues, discussions and play
• solve problems by talking about  them
• use rhythm and sound as memory aids 

Those who prefer a kinesthetic learning style...

• learn best when they are involved or active
• find it difficult  to sit still for long periods
• use movement as a memory aid

Those who prefer a tactile way of learning...

• use writing and drawing as memory aids
• learn well in hands-on activities like projects and demonstrations

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