Multi-sensory

Approach in Learning
Prepared by
Sneha Anitha Jacob

English Optional, Semester 1 – B. Ed

Titus II Teachers’ College, Thiruvalla
 Multi-sensory Approach to Learning

• Refers to the way information is delivered to the student

• Involves the effective use of various senses for receiving
information
Meaning of the Term:
• Multi – more than one
• Sensory – involving the sense organs
 Multi-sensory Approach to Learning

Contrasting Theories
Learning Styles Theory Multi-sensory Learning Theory
• people can be classified according • individuals learn better if they are
to their learning style (audio, taught using more than one sense
visual or kinesthetic)
 Multi-sensory Approach to Learning

Features of Multi-sensory Approach:

• Helps a child to learn through more than one sense.
• Teaches to more than one sense at a time
• Gives kids more than one way to make connections and learn
concepts.
 Multi-sensory Approach to Learning
The senses usually employed in multi-sensory learning:

VAKT
Visual (seeing)
Auditory (hearing)
Kinesthetic (doing)
Tactile (touching)
Other senses might
include smell, taste and balance.
Multi-sensory Approach to Learning

Advantages
• Improves memory
• Incorporates all kinds of learning styles
• Increases concentration and focus
• Develops critical thinking
• Promotes mental and physical relaxation
References:
• “A Teacher's Guide to Multisensory Learning: Improving Literacy by Engaging the
Senses” by Lawrence Baines

• “Synesthetic Design: Handbook for a Multi-Sensory Approach” by Michael Haverkamp

• "Multisensory instruction: what you need to know” by Amanda Morin,

www.understood.org

• “The New Handbook of Multisensory Processing”, edited by Barry E. Stein