Learning Styles
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Teachers have a learning style that will become their default mode in the way they teach if they are not careful. They must remember that many of the students in their class could learn best using a different approach due to the way they think and their sensory preferences. |
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Articles, Hardcopy:
- Teacher Training Smart Pages--Book and CD-ROM - Book with Reproducible Articles & Forms by Sheryl Haystead (See the Table of Contents on that page for articles included on Learning Styles.)
Articles, Online:
- Are You Using This Effective Teaching Method In Your Children's Ministry?
- Learners: Logical or Musical
- Learners: Physical or Natural
- Learners: Reflective or Relational
- Not Everyone Learns Alike
- Left Brain vs. Right Brain
- Teaching Kids Using All Their "Smarts"
- Understanding Different Learning Styles
- What are the Four Learning Styles
Audio Recording:
- 8 Wonderful Ways KidZ Learn (Garnder's Theory of Multiple Intelligences) by Gordon D. West at the GWCEA, Greater Washington Christian Education Association 2008 (#175 in the list, on CD and MP3; Click here for their PDF Order form.)
- A Closer Look At Learning Styles by Rick Cox at the 2005 Greater Chicago Sunday School Association Conference (#77 in the list, choose either audio tape or CD)
- Modalities in Action by Marlene LeFever at the 2009 Northwest Christian Education Conference (#121 in the list, on CD or MP3; Click here for their PDF Order form.)
- Multiple Intelligences vs Learning Styles by Mickie O'Donnell at the 2009 Greater Chicago Sunday School Association Conference (#44 in the list, on CD or MP3; Click here for their PDF Order form.)
- Teaching That Utilizes the Learning Styles of All Children by Dr. Judith St. Clair Hull at the 2006 Greater Chicago Sunday School Association Conference (#129 in the list, on CD; Click here for their PDF Order form.)
Books:
- 7 Ways of Teaching the Bible to Children: Using Our Multiple Intelligences to Build Faith by Barbara Bruce
- 7 Ways of Teaching the Bible to Adults: Using Our Multiple Intelligences to Build Faith by Barbara Bruce
- Learning Styles: Reaching Everyone God Gave You to Teach by Marlene D. Lefever
- Talkers, Watchers, and Doers: Unlocking Your Child's Unique Learning Style by Cheri Fuller
- The Way They Learn by Cynthia Ulrich Tobias
Group Training, In-House:
- Clear Messages - Scroll part way down the page.
Videos:
- YouTube Video: Three Major Learning Styles
- YouTube Video: Adult Learning Styles
Worksheets:
- My Style - Their Style by Ministry Tools Resource Center
Teachers must guard against teaching in ways that utilize only or primarily their own teaching style. This worksheet will remind teachers that students learn best using their styles of learning, not the teacher's, but also encourages teachers not to park themselves at the door when they teach.
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