"Learning Styles"

I believe that Teachers should not teach to their students’ perceived learning style.  When teaching you need to assess the characteristics of each class as individuals before planning for the whole.   Teaching to what is perceived can hurt a student learning.  Students may have trouble relating to links that are not present in their life.

Having a lock step approach does not help all students to all become successful. Students should not have modalities of constant direct instruction. Gender, age, ethnicity and social background all influence the basis for all students’ knowledge.  Teachers should plan and allow for self-exploration, and allowing students to learn from their own experiences.  By differentiating instruction students gain and maintain valuable information easier than the lock step approach.   Students learn better with visual, auditory and kinesthetic reinforcement.