LEARNING PREFERENCES Educators: This is a 10-slide presentation with information about teaching and learning, so you can revisit key concepts. (Created by Rita Zuba Prokopetz / G&R Languages – January, 2014)

1. See
Hear
Reflect
Discuss
Create
Prepared by RZP for RRC
Winter, 2014
CAE - CI
Photos courtesy of RZP and ClipArt
Images courtesy of ClipArt
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2. Mnemonics
Mind Maps
Podcasts
Reflection
Discussion
Presentation based on readings of the following authors among others (Dec.2013):
Dr. Jerome S. Bruner: http://www.goodreads.com/author/list/426909.Jerome_S_Bruner
Dr. Richard M. Felder: http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Papers/Education_Papers.html
Dr. Dr. Olenka Bilash : http://www.educ.ualberta.ca/staff/olenka.bilash/best%20of%20bilash/bloomstaxonomy.html
UNESCO (Paris IBE): http://www.ibe.unesco.org/publications/ThinkersPdf/vygotske.pdf
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3. Processes
Sensation
Perception
Transporting
information
from outside
Interpreting
selected information
to create meaning
Motivation
Sources of reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Bruner
http://www.simplypsychology.org/bruner.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_psychology
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4. Modality
Perception
Transporting
Sensation
Memory
Interpreting
Retaining
Motivation
Active/reflective
Visual/verbal
Sensing/intuitive
Sequential/global
Source for learning styles information:
http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html
http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/ILSpage.html
Courtesy of Dr. Richard M. Felder (email from December 29, 2013 re: Learning Styles Inventory)
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5. Modalities
Sensory channels: visual, auditory, kinesthetic/tactile
Sight
Hearing
Taste
Smell
Touch
Movement
Balance
Temperature
Senses
Styles
Sensing
Intuitive
Visual
Verbal
Sequential
Global
Active
Reflective
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6. Modes of Representation
Iconic
Visual/spatial
Action-based
Image-based
Symbolic
Symbolic/abstract
Language-based
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Bruner
http://www.instructionaldesign.org/theories/constructivist.html
http://bruners-stages.wikispaces.com/Bruner's+Stages+of+Representation
Learning
Enactive
Kinesthetic
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7. Instructional Scaffolding
Adequate support to
promote learning
outlines
Podcasts
Questions
Mind maps
Videos
Instruction organized as in Bloom’s understanding of knowledge acquisition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instructional_scaffolding http://www.toolsofthemind.org/philosophy/scaffolding/
http://www.simplypsychology.org/Zone-of-Proximal-Development.html http://www.simplypsychology.org/bruner.html
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8. Spiraling Curriculum

Each subject or skill
is revisited in intervals




Revisiting
At a more sophisticated
level each time
Layering
Reinforcing
Reconstructing
Contextualizing
Bruner, J. (1960). The Process of Education. Cambridge, MA: The President and Fellows of Harvard College
Reference: http://gearup.ous.edu/sites/default/files/Research-Briefs/ResearchBriefSpiralCurriculum.pdf
Image: https://www.google.ca/search?q=spiraling+clipart&espv
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9. Questions
Diagrams
Mnemonics
Teamwork
Active/reflective
Sensing/intuitive
Sequential/global
Visual/verbal
Motivation
Preference
Attitude
Knowledge
Aptitude
References: http://www.ku-crl.org/sim/brochures/LSoverview.pdf
Dr. Anna Uhl Chamot: http://www.pearsonlongman.com/primaryplace/pdf/teaching-learning-strategies.pdf
Chamot et al: http://www.nclrc.org/guides/HED/pdfs/full.pdf
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10. Mnemonics
Mind Maps
Podcasts
Reflection
Discussion
Prepared by RZP for RRC
Winter, 2014
CAE - CI
Presentation based on readings of the following authors among others (Dec.2013):
Dr. Jerome S. Bruner: http://www.goodreads.com/author/list/426909.Jerome_S_Bruner
Dr. Richard M. Felder: http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Papers/Education_Papers.html
Dr. Dr. Olenka Bilash : http://www.educ.ualberta.ca/staff/olenka.bilash/best%20of%20bilash/bloomstaxonomy.html
UNESCO (Paris IBE): http://www.ibe.unesco.org/publications/ThinkersPdf/vygotske.pdf
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