Learning Styles and Picasso Head

I believe that learning styles are apparent in students, but more as a preference to the student. David Glenn quotes Harold E. Pashler, a professor of psychology at the University of California, in this statement, "For a given lesson, one instructional technique turns out to be optimal for all groups of students, even though students with certain learning styles may not love that technique" (Glenn, 2009). This revolves around the idea that while student may have preferred learning styles, certain lessons are best taught in a style that may not be appealing to all students. 

Don Clark makes the following statement, Learning styles are points along a scale that help us to discover the different forms of mental representations; however, they are not good characterizations of what people are or are not like" (Clark). This supports my belief that students should not just be taught in their preferred learning style, but in what learning style will best present the information. When I'm a teacher, I will utilize all forms of learning styles to properly convey the content I'm teaching. 

For my Picasso head, I got a 4.0 in self and a 3.71 in social. I decided to show both sides in my Picasso head. The right side shows self. I have one eye closed with a small ear. It's basically to represent how my ideas are all over the place and I'm trying to formulate my thoughts. The left side of the head has a bigger ear and an opened eye. As I form my thoughts and ideas, I begin to share them and gather input from those around me. The more I thought about it, the more I realized how much I do this in reality.

This site describes different ways technology can be used to benefit an interpersonal student. It suggests allowing students to create blogs and journals on the computer to format their ideas. It says to allow students to research using the internet, and then create presentations programs such as powerpoint or prezi. These technological tools will provide interpersonal students with a means to organize and present their ideas in a manner they will enjoy.  

Works Cited

Clark, D. (n.d.). Learning styles & preferences. Retrieved from http://nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/styles.html




Glenn, D. (2009, December 15). Matching teaching style to learning style may not help students. Retrieved from http://chronicle.com/article/Matching-Teaching-Style-to-/49497/