Dates: Tuesday, 1 November 2011 - Thursday, 10 November 2011
Where: New Zealand, Online
Time: 24h/days
Notes: We don’t have set times when you have to be in front of the computer - do it at your own leisure. Nor do we have Real Time participation, though email participation is encouraged.
Recommended for teaching principals, tutors, active classroom teachers and
educators who
already have some experience with Learning Styles and want to gain better
understanding of practical applications of style diversity in the
classroom.
Part ONE: “Everyone can learn: the Secret of Personal Learning Style
(LS) Differences”
UNIT
1:
Know yourself and others - Learning Style Models,
research basis
Learning Styles (LS) and exams; LS & Multiple
Intelligences
Bological/natural and conditioned/learned style
features
Profile Interpretations (LSA-Adult)
Multi-sensory teaching and learning – going beyond
V-A-K
Group Profiles –
revealing the unseen in every class
International case
studies – LS in different educational settings
UNIT
2:
Left/Right Brain Dominance and its importance for school
success
Style differences of analytic/holistic
learners, male/female students
Natural learning needs of
underachieving, holistic and tactile/kinesthetic students
International case studies – success with ‘problem’
students
Introducing Teaching
Style Analysis for educators (TSA-Ed)
How to start and sustain LS programmes in
schools
UNIT 3:
‘Own work’ instead of home work
Questions and answers
Observation period
UNIT
4:
Reporting back own
experiences
Final
questions
Wrap-up and
preview of continuation of LS Certification
Every participant will receive: 1 LSA-Adult profile prior to the course plus handouts.