Sometimes, I think that everybody already knows that adapting your education to learning styles is a myth. I feel awkward repeating it in talks, and I even often feel reluctant to post something about learning styles *again*on this blog. But, yesterday Coursera posted this on that Musk-platform:
So, we’ll have to carry on… Btw, this video by Dan Willingham is already fifteen years old:
And the question asks for a “favorite” learning style. That seems even more inane than the usual “preferred” framing.
At some point, I realized that that my favorite “learning style” is “horizontal”, since I spent many of my study hours as a student lying on my belly, reading, and writing solutions to problems…and even today I prefer to read in that position! 😊 Strangely, my preferred “learning style” when learning about music genres, is “auditory?! 😊
And what is YOUR preferred “learning style”?
Oh, the myths. Probably here to stay…
Horizontal – good one!
I think my preferred learning style is casual, like, sweat pants and a t-shirt.
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