How you learn?
Over the years I have had to figure out on my own how I learn best, and I have learned I am a visual and kinaesthetic learner. I need to visually see the problem displayed and follow the steps of solving the problem as the teacher explains.
We were taught by the teacher’s learning style(s) preferences. Examples: using chalkboards to display information and projects to display example questions. From my experiences and remember most children that left the classroom for help only left for reading skills or speech therapy or student’s with disability or were special needs. Depending on the child’s disability of being mild, moderate, or extreme, they would stay in the mainstream classes, but would be sitting in the back of the class. There weren’t educational assistants in the classroom unless you had an extreme disability or was special needs.
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Educators need to realize that they can’t just tailor their lesson plans to their learning style(s) of teaching, but they can’t focus on one child’s learning style either. This is where the educational assistants will be helpful, by observing the student’s behaviour to help analyze what the student’s learning style(s) is. Then they can pass along the information on the educator to help assess both activity and lesson plans in future.
How you could work with a child who has a preferred learning style?
1. I would familiarize myself with the preferred learning style, which best fits the student, so I can have a better understanding on how the child learns best.
2. Next, I would ask the educator if she has any strategies specifically on the preferred learning style(s) that she would want me to try first. In the mean time, I would research on my own time, how other educators have found ways to teach the preferred learning style(s) in language art and math skills, and fun activities to help the students learn in a fun way. Because not all lesson plans match with the student’s ability to
This week I learned about differe\irente instruction. I also learn how to implement a lesson plan to meet the needs for each students in the classroom. Each child learning style is different one child might understand the problem one way and then another child might solve the problem a whole different way. I learned about exceptional children and how they need intensive learning and individualize learning. That why it is important to observe and know each individual child so you can support them to the bset of their ability. My host teacher used different strategies to help the students understand the problem. When I did my lesson plan if was a challenge and time consumer.I likle how the lesson plan met the needs of the children. The teacher put the students in different groups so they acn help each other learn. Sometimes children learn best and better from other children.My host teachger explain to me that
Although the class teacher is primarily responsible to plan, deliver and review all learning activities for the class, a teaching assistant can work alongside the teacher and make contributions that can improve the teachers plan, alter the delivery to make it more effective for pupil attainment and extend the teachers initial review. “Planning, teaching and evaluation follow a cycle which gives structure to the learning process” (Baker, B., Burnham, L., 2010) and is vital in my role as a teaching assistant. I aim to describe how I aide the teacher to plan and deliver lessons and how I give feedback to the teacher about individual pupils, in order for the teacher make improvements in her planning and to be able to target individual
The attached learning style survey of your child is for your information. The information below helps to explain the survey results and can also help you to better understand how your child learns. Knowing their learning style can help a student to become a better student. Please review this information with your child.
“Just as students have different personalities, they also have different ways of learing (Slavin, 107).” Learning styles are another important factor to incorporate when implementing the best learning environment. Learning styles are defined as an individual's mode of gaining knowledge. The most common learning styles addressed are auditory, visual, and kinesthetic. Auditory leaners understand information through hearing. Visual learners need more visual aids in the learning process, such as diagrams, webs, or pictures. Kinesthetic learners learn better by using manipulatives or by being physically involved in the learning process. Learning styles is a piece of the “backbone” of differentiated learning. Both are used to individualize instruction to help students achieve the most success.
This assessment is vital and is an integral part in the learner and tutors planning. Ensuring that your learners preferred style is embedded in the lesson plan (differentiation) can ensure that the learner’s motivation is continued. There are no right and wrong answers but in some cases there is not always a clear result, many learners may have a mix. However this could be seen as a positive when teaching a larger group as you can embed all three learning styles ensuring that a larger number will participate therefore keeping learners motivated and achieving goals and also progressing.
Since, it is inevitable that there will be a handful of students each year that will have these learning needs. I will need to better understand as much as I can about individual learning styles. While reading Setting Limits In The Classroom it became apparent I would need to better understand more about their individual support plans, and how to put these plans in place in my classroom for a variety of learners. I also read about how to work to build students social needs. These chapters discussed a variety of ideas that teachers can do to support children with different type of
By knowing your audience you can include elements in lessons and activities which compliment the learning styles. Having a class profile which outlines individual issues but equally as important ways in which to overcome those issues, will make lesson planning much easier as you can use the learning styles and learning boundaries to mould your sessions. For more skilled/experienced students I would set a task which would keep them engaged but would be nearby if any problems arose. For less skilled/new students I would have prepared a differentiated activity, maybe give one to one tutoring and keep reassuring them at all times. Also the students who are less familiar with the work are sometimes helped by their peers, which gives those students a sense of achievement in helping their fellow students. A good tutor is one who has time, listens to any problems, answers questions and tries not to make students feel uncomfortable in anyway (Petty 2004).
You can find out what learner style each learner is by conducting a simple test in the form of a handout, count the ticks in each column and it will give a rough idea of the best way they learn. You will need to make sure each lesson is delivered to facilitate each of the learner styles so each learner is catered for, so progressive leaning takes place which is being professional incorporating equality and diversity. Different resources what are available can be used to deliver the lesson to engage learners and make their learning experience one that they remember and learn from.
The teacher's role is to plan lessons, direct and assess pupils learning. The role of the teaching assistant is to support the teacher in planning, delivering and evaluating learning activities and also, under the teacher's direction to give support to the class, whether it is the whole class, small groups or individuals.
It is important to observe the child carefully, closely and to listen to them in different situations to ensure that the teacher is clear about what their needs are, their strengths and difficulties. It is important to observe the
Certain children learn at a slower rate then others and it is important for accommodations to be made as well. Developing different teaching strategies so that each child can learn in many ways is also important. I tend to use such techniques as guided discovery as well as direct instruction that allows for students to be engage, yet also be able to obtain necessary information. Children love to participate and try to get involved as long as they have a safe environment. Another technique that should be used is direct instruction along with cooperative learning to give a different dimension to lessons. It is important to use different ways of instruction because some children learn in a kinesthetic way, some through auditory listening
By having a complete understanding of this can be used to minimize problems in the classroom making it a great learning environment. By incorporating different learning styles into the curriculum a teacher will be able to recognize which learning style works best for each child and also be able to recognize any learning problems or delays that may exist.
Integrate an assortment of methods and visuals to strengthen the possibility for addressing the numerous learning styles, to develop interest and keep their attention. Make sure the methods used develop out of the content, instead of structuring the lesson around
As a visual learner, I can rely on diagrams and pictures to help me in science practical. I can get a clear image of what
For years, there have been many theorists who have shared their views on how individuals learn. Such research has determined that individuals have different learning styles. It is important for teacher to understand the learning styles of both themselves and their students because it helps them to relay the subject knowledge to the students. The teacher is in a position where they must be able to assess the learning styles of their students. This means that the students and teachers are both in a process of learning.