Goals and Objectives

Guidelines for Use

Module Content

Student Assessment

Applications

Case Studies
Examples
Scenarios

Adaptation to the Discipline

References
Specific teaching methods
Key Books

“…knowing myself is as crucial to good teaching as knowing my students and my subject.” ---Parker Palmer, The Courage to Teach (1998)

Why is it important to know about learning styles? If you don’t understand how your students learn best, all those hours you’ve spent preparing for class could prove to be a waste of time. Likewise, if you are not aware of your own preferences when it comes to learning, you will be overlooking an important factor in the teaching/learning equation.

This module provides guidelines and resources to:

• Introduce Future Teachers to concepts related to learning diversity among students, including  various perspectives on intelligence, metacognition, learning preferences, temperament/personality typologies, and need-fulfillment as it relates to academic performance and classroom behavior;

• Identify personal and student characteristics that may influence success in learning via completion of inventories; and

• Offer suggestions for incorporating knowledge of student learning characteristics into the teaching process.