Identify cultural differences in styles of learning..?

Question

different learning styles of different cultures..eg: Native Americans are very visual (not all, but general) and probably learn better that way....what are some other cultures learning styles?

Answer 1

Please don't read anything into this; the school at which I teach is the only school I have taught at for any significant amount of time. I teach in a school with a large percentage of students who are African-American and come from low-economic house-holds.
Every year at the beginning of the year I give a learning inventory to see what their learning styles are. I have noticed that a vast majority of these students are kinestetic learners who have kinestetic, rythmic and artistic intelligences.

Answer 2

I'll tell you what I have observed during 18 years of teaching adult immigrant ESL students. 1. regardless of where they come from, one of the defining characteristics of adult learners is that their preferred ways of learning are writing based. Adults love to write down everything they are learning/hearing. If I asked them to just listen or speak without writing, they felt insecure, uncomfortable and at a perceived disadvantage. Writing down new information gave them a sense of security. 2. They are very much grammar oriented and feel that they will not succeed unless their grammar is perfect. Memorization is a favourite technique. This is most evident in Asian students, eastern European students and generally German students. These groups are heavily focused on accuracy. They like having their notes and textbooks for home study. 3. A majority of students from every culture, feel that they are too old to learn. 4. People from Latin countries are far more verbal and they participate in oral discourse much more readily and generally are more fluency oriented. In general there are differences but even within the different cultural groups there are many variables. Immigrant children are not significantly different from North Americal children in that they are visual, kinesthetic, auditory and oral based learners. I hope this helps. Good Luck

Answer 3

Unfortunately, I don't have an answer for you, although to be honest, your question is unclear. I too am interested in this subject. I am writing a paper about the special challenges (if any) faced by Chinese adult nonacademic learners of English as a second language. I'll watch for other postings to your question.