What’s your style?What’s your style?

Learning ObjectivesLearning Objectives

Review past learning experiences to discover what you believe about yourself as a learner

Identify your strengths that you bring to a learning situation

Identify the ways in which you learn best

Discover strategies to deal with learning in a tertiary environment

Factors which influence learning styleFactors which influence learning style

-Cultural Differences-Age-Gender-Whānau Expectations-Whānau Support

- Past experiences whether positive or not- Personal motivation drivers- Self belief and perception- Learning preferences

-Teaching style-Other students-Atmosphere and environment-Relevance of content

Past experiencesPast experiences

Past experiencePositive/negative

Influences expectationand perception

of current situation

Perception influences behaviour

Behaviour ‘creates’situation thataffirms beliefs

activityactivity

1. In pairs identify : A positive learning experience A negative learning experience

2. Discuss how each of these experiences have influenced your perception of yourself as a learner

3. Identify what strengths and skillsstrengths and skills you gained from each of these experiences

How do you learn best?How do you learn best?

INDIVIDUALINDIVIDUAL/GROUP/GROUP

STRUCTURED/STRUCTURED/UNSTRUCTUREDUNSTRUCTURED

TinanaTinanaHinengaroHinengaro

WairuaWairua

BIG PICTUREBIG PICTUREOR DETAILSOR DETAILS

VARKVARK

ENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENT

STYLESTYLEFACTORSFACTORS

environmentenvironment

Temperature Lighting Seating Sound Sustenance Ambience Equipment

Tinana/ Hinengaro/ Tinana/ Hinengaro/ WairuaWairua

Taha Tinana - Activist - DoTaha Tinana - Activist - Do

Activists enjoy the here and now. They are open minded and their motto is often “I’ll try anything once”. They like to solve problems by brainstorming ideas with others. They are often chatty and enjoy fun group activities.

Activists can get bored easily and can dominate the limelight.

Taha Hinengaro - theorist - Taha Hinengaro - theorist - thinkthink Theorists like thinking about things

in a step by step fashion. They like to bring seemingly random ideas together into a grand theory. Their motto is often “Does it make sense?” They are good at taking a disciplined approach to problem solving.

Theorists can become rigid and may not enjoy learning in an environment that is lateral or creative.

Taha Wairua - intuitive - feelTaha Wairua - intuitive - feel

Intuitives like learning about experiences and relating these to real life situations. They can often be very good at relating to others and can approach problem solving in creative and holistic ways. Intuitives are at ease in unstructured situations.

Intuitives can become frustrated if there is too much theory or the learning is too impersonal.

Strategies for learningStrategies for learning

Ask for helpAsk for help

Do your Do your homeworkhomework

Go to allGo to allclassesclasses

Use Support Use Support ServicesServices

Accept TeachingAccept TeachingDifferences asDifferences as

NormalNormal

Challenge your Challenge your weaknessesweaknesses

Utilise your Utilise your strengthsstrengths

Know your Know your preferencespreferences

StrategiesStrategies