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KNOW YOUR LEARNING HABITS!“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rationalmind is a faithful servant. We have created asociety that honors the servant and has forgottenthe gift” --Albert EinsteinIn course of a teaching experience, someonecan try to teach people and find that some wereover whelmed or confused by something quitebasic. Why do such problems at the basic levelhappen? This may be, often, because of clash of learning style. Your learning preferences and thoseof your instructor or audience may not have beenaligned. When this occurs, not only is it frustratingfor everyone, but the communication processbreaks down and learning fails. Once you knowyour own natural learning preference, you can workon expanding the way you learn, so that you canlearn in other ways, not just in your preferred style.Always Accelerate LearningBy understanding learning styles, you can learnto create an environment in which everyone can
 
learn from you, not just those who use yourpreferred style.Some learners prefer concrete, practical, andprocedural information. They look for facts. Others,who are intuitive learners, prefer conceptual,innovative and theoretical information. They lookfor the meaning, Those who learn more by visual, call themvisual learners, prefer graphs, pictures, anddiagrams. They look for visual representations of information. Verbal learners prefer to hear or readinformation. They look for explanations with words.Different Types Of LearningSimilarly, there are other types of learners whomay be called as the active learners who prefer tomanipulate objects, do physical experiments, andlearn by trying. They enjoy working in groups tofigure out problems. Reflective learners prefer tothink things through, to evaluate options, and learnby analysis, They enjoy figuring out a problem ontheir own.Sequential learners prefer to have informationpresented linearly and in an orderly manner. Theyput together the details in order to understandingthe big picture. Global learners prefer a holistic and
 
systematic approach. They see the picture first andthen fill in the details.Know Where You Are!Onceyou know where your preferences lie oneach of these dimensions, you can begin to stretchbeyond those preferences and develop a morebalanced approach to learning. Not only will youimprove your learning effectiveness, you will openyourself up to many different ways of perceivingthe world.Developing Your Learning Skills Further!***Identity your learning preferences. Read throughthe explanations of each learning preference andchoose the one that best reflects your style,***Analyze your results and identify thosedimension where you are “out of balance” meaningyou have a very strong preference for one styleand dislike the other.===For example, if you rely too much on sensing,you can tend to prefer what is familiar, andconcentrate on facts you know instead of beinginnovative and adapting to new situations. Seekout opportunities to learn theoretical informationand then bring in facts to support or neglect thesetheories.
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