Week 9 is over and that means that this course is coming to an end too. It has been great and I have learned so much. This week we discussed about multiple intelligences, learning styles and technology. Every time I read, listen or talk about his topic, I remember one of my teachers who quoted John Lydgate.
“You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time”.
I know there is a more famous adaptation of this quote but I just love this one. It reminds me of the great variety of students that we have and the different ways they learn. It can be difficult at times to teach a big class, but if you take into account their learning styles your students will benefit. I believe it is impossible to address every single learning style in every single class but by making a class dynamic including different activities every lesson you can address the different learning styles in different days. At the end all your students will benefit from your class. Technology has shown us also that it can help us a lot. While in class it is very hard to include different learning styles in a lesson, we may use Internet or similar tools to compliment the learning process.
Jota
Dear Jota,
ReplyDeleteI strongly agree with you and we must notice that we as teachers are doing well because we are learning how to be better teachers.
I suggest you to use www.hotpotatoes.com in order to find different activities to be done with the students, especially activities to develop the kinesthetic learning style.
Warm regards,
Maggie
Dear Jota,
ReplyDeleteI like your quote. It's true as teachers, we must try to include different activities that may benefit different students.
I also agree with Maggie, that we are trying to be better teachers.
Regards,
Yea-huey