Rod Horton said
at 8:43 am on Nov 16, 2010Reply Delete
Very good information and convincing yet 90% of people still belive in VAK.


Ben said
at 10:47 am on Nov 16, 2010Reply Delete
I liked the bit on confirmation bias. We notice things that confirm what we already believe. It makes me think about what preconceptions I must have and the evidence that I must ignore to enable me to continue that preconception. It ties in nicely with the class we had on the Pygmalion effect in the classroom and the hidden curriculum.


Ben said
at 11:19 am on Nov 16, 2010Reply Delete
That's right Ron and that's what Prof Dan was saying is a problem. Something close to the VAK theory is right, 90% of people do believe it and if you believe something then you will interpret ambiguous circumstances as confirmation of your belief.He said learning styles weren't taught in the text books of education but maybe a greater effort should be made to discredit learning styles and the reasons why because often people enter their teacher training believing in them and nothing is done to change that.I like the take home message - Good teaching is good teaching and don't match the learning style to the student -match the teaching style to the content. You don't tell someone the shape of a country you show them a map and you need to hear a French accent not see it.