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So, how should kids be taught? Since learning styles are a myth, would it be okay to skip in-person lessons entirely and just move everyone to individual text-b
by oobey 9y ago
So, how should kids be taught? Since learning styles are a myth, would it be okay to skip in-person lessons entirely and just move everyone to individual text-based book learning?
After all, it looks like the idea that "someone might learn better in person" or "by discussing things with peers" is complete bunk, and one method should be sufficient for everyone.
- adamnemecek 9y agoAmen! I've been saying this for years. Do you know your MBTI type by any chance?
- oobey 9y agoYes, it's ISTJ.
- bcoates 9y agoI think you're confusing learning with memorization and/or indoctrination? If your lessions are only lecture, discussion, and reading then you can go ahead and skip them and replace them with nothing [1]. It's bunk that some students need lectures and other students need books, but these are only communication tools and they cannot learn knowledge from them. [1] past the point where learning how to read/listen/discuss is itself the goal of the lesson
- Pulcinella 9y agoYou are thinking too broadly about learning styles. Things like practice/hands-on-learning are one good way of teaching, for example. It's not learning styles as in different styles and methods of teaching and learning that have been debunked. It's Learning Styles™ that have been debunked (i.e. Auditory, visual, kinesthetic).