Excellence in Vocational Teaching Symposium 23 & 24 September 2013 Qingdao, P.R. China

Julia Bruce Student Centred learning Logo

Julia Bruce Student Centred learning Logo

By the of this session participants will have: Identified their own learning style Listed a minimum of 5 learning strategies that suit them best Learning outcomes

Answer Sheet For each question look down the “A” column if you answered “A”, the “B” column if you answered “B” and the “C” column if you answered “C” Write the letter V,A or K in the “Re” column Add up how many V’s, A’s and K’s you have in the “Re” column What letter do you have the most of?

VAK Dominance Test Write one letter only in the blue line in the “Response” column Write the letter next to the response that is your strongest preference Do not think about the answers for too long You can not get this test wrong!

Visual Source: Input Output

Aural (talking and listening) Join discussions Discuss topics with your teachers Explain new ideas to other people Use a recorder Remember interesting examples, stories and jokes Describe the pictures to somebody who was not there Leave spaces in your notes for later recall Join discussions Discuss topics with your teachers Explain new ideas to other people Use a recorder Remember interesting examples, stories and jokes Describe the pictures to somebody who was not there Leave spaces in your notes for later recall Your notes may be poor because you prefer to listen Expand your notes by talking with others and taking notes from the textbook Record your notes and listen to them Ask others to listen to your understanding of a topic Read your notes aloud Explain your notes to another 'aural' perso n Your notes may be poor because you prefer to listen Expand your notes by talking with others and taking notes from the textbook Record your notes and listen to them Ask others to listen to your understanding of a topic Read your notes aloud Explain your notes to another 'aural' perso n Imagine talking with the examiner Listen to your voices and write them down Spend time in quiet places recalling the ideas Practice writing answers to old exam questions Speak your answers aloud or inside your head Imagine talking with the examiner Listen to your voices and write them down Spend time in quiet places recalling the ideas Practice writing answers to old exam questions Speak your answers aloud or inside your head Intake Study Output Source:

Kinaesthetic (doing) All your senses - sight, touch, taste, smell, hearing laboratories field trips Real-life examples Hands-on approaches Trial and error Collections of rock types, plants, shells, grasses... Exhibits, samples, photographs... Recipes - solutions to problems, previous exam papers All your senses - sight, touch, taste, smell, hearing laboratories field trips Real-life examples Hands-on approaches Trial and error Collections of rock types, plants, shells, grasses... Exhibits, samples, photographs... Recipes - solutions to problems, previous exam papers Your notes may be poor because the theory was not linked to practice Use examples to summarise your notes Solve case studies Talk about your notes with another "K" person Use pictures that illustrate an idea Go back to the laboratory Recall experiments and field trips Your notes may be poor because the theory was not linked to practice Use examples to summarise your notes Solve case studies Talk about your notes with another "K" person Use pictures that illustrate an idea Go back to the laboratory Recall experiments and field trips Write practice answers, paragraphs... Role play the exam situation in your own room Write practice answers, paragraphs... Role play the exam situation in your own room Intake Study Output Source: Intake

List your learning strategies Make a list of at least five learning strategies that suit your learning style.