Learning and Teaching

Hello again,

Said I was going to be back soon :)

After completing the Learning Styles test I became more familiar with the type of learner I am. I am slightly more of an Active learner than a reflective learner, I'm slightly more of a Sensing learner than an intuitive learner, I am a high visual learner rather than a verbal learner and I am both a Sequential and Global learner.

Following on from the Learning Styles test, completing a Multiple Intelligence test found that I have multiple intelligences from Kinaesthetic, Linguistic, Logical, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Visual/Spatial and Naturalistic. Finding out that I have multiple intelligences has made me aware that I can interact and sympathises with a larger group of people and students.

By knowing how I learn and in what intelligences I excel allows me to better understand others points of view. In relation to Prensky's theory of 'engage or enrage' for technology within schools, I strongly believe this to be the case in Secondary students. They have grown up in a world where technology is everything and if you as a teacher are unable to engage in something that allows you to connect with the student; this forms an extra boundary to overcome when you are trying to teach children. Engage in technology as it will continue to grow as will our students if we allow ourselves to teach with technology, not against it.

Until next time my friends,
Nikki

References
Prensky, M, 2005, ‘Engage Me or Enrage Me’, EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 60-64.