PGCert in Higher Education

Professional Practice

Introductory Workshop
4
th
February 2009
Jannie Roed
Learning approaches/styles and
your assignments

Your introduction about previous
learning experiences and discussion
of values

Your reflections/discussions on your
peer reviews
The lecturers expectations of
the student/learner
What is learning?

Think about something you are really
good at.

How did you learn to do it?

In your own view, what is the best way
for you to learn?
Approaches to learning
different stands.

Students will have a preferred learning style
and use it whatever the task (Schmeck
1988)

Approaches entirely determined by context
(Marton & Saljo 1976)

An interaction between personal and
contextual factors (Biggs & Tang 2007)
Honey and Mumford (1986)
Felder and Silverman (1988)
1. How does the student perceive
information most effectively
through which sensory channel?
2. How does the student prefer to
process information?
3. How does the student progress
towards understanding?
3P model of teaching and
learning
Presage before learning takes place
- student factors
- teaching context
Process during learning
- learning focused activities
Product the outcome of learning
- learning outcomes
(Biggs and Tang 2007)
References
Biggs, J. and Tang Catherine (2007) Teaching for Quality Learning at
University. SRHE & Open University.
Felder, R.M. and Silverman, L.K. (1988) Learning and Teaching Styles in
Engineering Education in Engineering Education, 78(7), 674-681
Honey, P. and Mumford A. (1986). A Manual of Learning Styles, Peter
Honey, Maidenhead
Marton, F. and Saljo, R.(1976) On qualitative differences in learning I:
Outcome and process, British Journal of Educational Psychology, 46:4-11.
Reynolds, M.(1997) Learning Styles: A Critique. Management Learning,
28(2), 115-133.
Schmeck, R.(ed.) (1988) Learning Strategies and Learning Styles. New
York:Plenum