This post contains links to a number of video clips discussing the notion of learning styles.
Can it really have been way back in March that the great Scott Thornbury posted about learning styles on his blog? Time really flies when you’re having fun. I started looking into it way back then, saved this as a draft post and promptly forgot all about it. The following video clips and links will hopefully at least provide food for thought in the debate.
First up, I found this video on TeacherTube. Entitled ‘Learning Styles Don’t Exist‘, you can probably guess the stance that it adopts. Next up, courtesy of YouTube, we have the evocatively titled ‘Learning Styles response‘. If you want something a little more descriptive and a little less judgmental, you might want to go for ‘Classroom Secrets – Learning about Learning Styles‘.
If you prefer reading to video clips, here is an article – which supports what I believe, if you really want to know – claiming to ‘debunk’ learning styles; apparently, being aware of learners’ preferred styles and adapting teaching to suit them doesn’t make any difference. If you want read the academic paper that it refers to, you can by clicking here: Learning styles – concepts and evidence.
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Thank you for the recommendations! I will give them a try.
You’re welcome.
thanks Adam! Just written a new curriculum for some BA Language Studies students and our theme at the moment is the debate about Learning styles – I had the youtubes but needed another academic paper on it! Just printing it now. Hope all well. Ash in Hong Kong
Hi Ashley, great to hear from you. Hope all is well at your end. Glad the post was useful for you.
Very nice blog. Keep it up.
Thanks, Duncan. Have a happy new year.
Thank you so much, there aren’t enough articles on this… keep up the good writing.