All children have abilities and aptitudes but different learning styles which should be taken into account Y/N

Answer 1

I think the education system is realizing that many students learn better as visual learners or kinetic learners, not juts auditory learners.

Answer 2

when i was a kid they had a hard time teaching me anything because I totally resented school, the reason being I was forced to go against my will at the age of five away from the comfort of my family and into the school yard with all these strange kids I never seen before, the only way I thought I could get my own back was not to learn, all my reports said could do better but wont. If I had been allowed to go when I wanted about 8 yrs old by then all my pals in the street would have been calling me thick and I would have developed a curiosity for education instead of being dragged there against my will.

Answer 3

A definate yes.
If you check out the Standards Site you will see the good practice dictates that teachers use a number of differing teaching styles to reach different learning patterns of pupils.

Answer 4

Actually there is absolutely no research evidence to support the idea that different children learn better if taught in their preferred learning modality - i.e. visual, auditory, tactile, kinesthetic, etc.

However, it is also true and obvious to any teacher that any given teaching approach will not work with all students. If a teacher genuinely wants to maximize learning, he/she will present material in many different ways and provide students with opportunities to experience the material in many different ways. She will also provide the students with options for demonstrating their grasp of the material in many different ways. This is pretty much the essense of contemporary pedagogical (teaching) philosophy.

Answer 5

Yes, this is why schools employ teaching assistants. Sometimes a slightly differing approach will get through and the teacher does not have the capacity to do this alone.

Answer 6

Of course that is true. Children need to be taught how to use different learning styles though, so they are not just dependent on their preferred one.