Tzanetopoulou Myrsini Triantafyllou Nasos How do we learn Tzanetopoulou Myrsini Triantafyllou Nasos

Early Years Babies are born ready to learn, and their brains develop through use. A child learns best by actively engaging with their environment. observing things listening to sounds exploring asking questions experimenting with textures doing things that stimulate all of their senses

Early years LIP MOVEMENT A team of American psychologists carried out an experiment , testing babies’ powers of visual discrimination . English-speaking babies were shown silent video clips, in which the speakers read the same sentence in English and French. RESULT: They had noticed the language change, based only on lip movement.

Critical age of learning Studies have shown that babies possess this ability at 4 to 6 months of age but lose it at the eighth month. It is believed that infants are initially sensitive to the properties of a wide range of languages. But without continued exposure, their sensitivities soon narrow to the range that is more relevant for their own language.

Critical age of learning

Do we need a teacher? Sugata Mitra: He placed a computer kiosk that only works in English in a village 3 MONTHS LATER: The kids had learned how to use it on their own “IT’S NOT ABOUT MAKING LEARNING HAPPEN, IT’S ABOUT LETTING LEARNING HAPPEN”

The seven learning styles Visual (spatial) Aural (auditory-musical) Verbal (linguistic) Physical (kinesthetic) Logical (mathematical) Social (interpersonal) Solitary (intrapersonal)

Effective learning methods Practise new things Practise Teach what you learn Teach Use relational learning Use Perform what you learn Perform Look up the answers rather than struggle to remember Look up Use testing Testing Stop multi-tasking Stop Effective learning methods

Resources https://www.learning-styles-online.com/overview/ https://raisingchildren.net.au/babies/play-learning/learning- ideas/learning-baby-to-preschool https://www.tut.fi/ms/muo/vert/1_orienting%20_phase/pdlri_lonw_learning styles.html https://www.euronews.com/2018/05/01/-critical-period-for-learning-new- language-says-study TED TALKS BOOK https://www.verywellmind.com/how-to-become-a-more-effective-learner- 2795162 https://youtu.be/wlaG99awCD8 https://www.learning-styles-online.com/overview/