- My preferred learning styles
- The traits of an effective teacher
My preferred learning styles
My preferred learning style depends on what I'm studying, but in general I prefer learning by doing. If a teacher just tells something, it's easy to forget many things, but when I try it on my own, I have to think about all the details and then I learn. Furthermore, I find written assignments, where one has to do some researching, effective for my learning. On the other hand, I also like group work, since the social aspect makes learning more fun.
I like visual learning more than traditional auditory method. I often remember things that I have studied better by their visual appearance. I also prefer inductive learning style. It's easier to start to study some phenomenon, when you first see some practical example of it.
I have described the theory about auditory, kinesthetic, and visual mode and also inductive vs. deductive style earlier on this blog (on the 7th of September 2013).
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The traits of an effective teacher
An effective teacher is an expert in his/her field and has pedagogical skills and worklife experience. The picture below shows the core competences of a vocational teacher:
Source of the picture:
School of vocational teacher education - study guide Oulu University of applied sciences 2013-2014
According to Marsh (1984), good teaching is made up of the following seven factors:
- Learning and value: Challenge, subject interest, amount of material learned
- Enthusiasm: Interest, humor
- Organization: Objectives, clear explanation
- Group interaction
- Individual rapport: Provides help and answers questions
- Breadth of coverage
- Examinations and grading: clear and fair assessment grounds
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