Unit 2: Education & Lifelong Learning

Unit 2: Education & Lifelong Learning

1st years

JULY 5th, 2021

TODAY'S AGENDA:

• Check your 1st Term Final scores

• Identify your learning styles.

• Ways to learn better.

Unit 2: Education & Lifelong Learning

1st years

What do you think about the phrase?

• I think it is ...

• interesting, boring, ...

To Start- Up: Answer these questions

• How important are Learning and Education to you?

• What can we achieve when we learn new things?

Task 1: 2 mins

• What do you like to learn about?

• Write 5 interesting topics you love learning.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Do you know how we learn?

• Let's find out answering the following questions

• 
  

Poll: Instructions

• Read the questions: Choose 1 alternative that represents you.

• Write down your alternative.

Poll

What kind of book do you like best?

• A. A book with lots of pictures in it.

• B. A book with lots of words in it.

• C. A book with lots of things to do like word searches & puzzles,

Poll

When you are trying to spell a word what do you like to do?

• A. Write it down lots of times.

• B. Say it out loud

• C. Draw the letters in the air.

Poll

Which of these do you like to do the most?

• A. Read

• B. Listen to music.

• C. Exercise

Poll

What is the best way for you to learn something?

• A. Read Instructions

• B. Hear Instructions

• C. Someone show you what to do

Poll

If you were lost what would you do?

• A. Read a map

• B. Ask someone for directions

• C. Try to walk around until you find where you are going

Poll

If you were going out where would you prefer to go?

• A. To see a film at the cinema

• B. A concert

• C.An amusement park

Which letter do you have the most of?

Letter A

Letter B

Letter C

Which letter do you have the most of?

• Letter A: You are a visual learner. You like to learn with pictures, diagrams, and colors.

• Letter B: You are a hearing learner. You like to learn through speaking and listening.

• Letter C: You are a physical learner. You like to move around and do activities with flashcards

What's a LEARNING STYLE?

• It's the way we prefer to learn.

• All of us use different styles at the same time even unconsciously.

• How do you like to learn?

Knowing about Your Learning Style Helps You to:

• Be more productive

• Increase achievement

• Be more creative

• Improve problem-solving.

• Make better decisions

• Learn more effectively

VISUAL LEARNERS

• Learn through seeing and reading

• Prefer written directions

• Often good readers

• Learn best with: pictures, illustrations, photos, graphs, diagrams, maps

AUDITORY LEARNERS

• Learn through listening and talking

• Remember what they hear better than what they see

• Prefer to listen to instructions

• Often like to talk on the phone or listen to music

• Learn best if they can hear and  see the assignment

Kinesthetic/Tactile Learners

• Learn through doing

• Remember hands-on activities

• Use their hands to build, create, plant, draw or decorate

• Learn the assignment best by using physical activity

• 
  

Multiple Choice

Read aloud when doing proofreading

• Auditory

• Visual

• Kinesthetic

Multiple Choice

Watch videos about topics you are studying in class.

• Auditory

• Visual

• Kinesthetic

Multiple Choice

Use highlighters to color code difference information in your notes and textbook.

• Auditory

• Visual

• Kinesthetic

Multiple Choice

Work out math problems aloud, explaining to yourself the steps you are doing.

• Auditory

• Visual

• Kinesthetic

Multiple Choice

Include illustrations as you take notes in class.

• Auditory

• Visual

• Kinesthetic

Multiple Choice

Participate in study groups in which you can talk things out.

• Auditory

• Visual

• Kinesthetic

Multiple Choice

Do something physical as you study such as tapping a pencil or squeezing a stress ball.

• Auditory

• Visual

• Kinesthetic

Multiple Choice

Auditory learners...

• need to see it to know it

• prefer hands-on learning

• have difficulty with written directions

Multiple Choice

Which of these is a characteristic of kinaesthetic learners?

• like studying alone

• prefer oral exams

• are good at sports, art and drama

Multiple Choice

Which of these is a characteristic of auditory learners?

• excellent organizers

• like acting out

• like participating vocally in class

Multiple Choice

Visual Learners should:

• Repeat new information out loud
• •Use flashcards to learn new words.

Multiple Choice

They remember best by using their hands, creating charts, walking and talking when studying

• Kinesthetic Learner
• Auditory Learner
• Visual Learner

Open Ended

What's your Learning Style?

How do you like learning? Do you have a technique? Write it here.