Learning Styles SCAN Skills I can Understand learning

Learning Styles & SCAN Skills I can…. Understand learning styles.

Who am I and what can I become? • Understanding your personality and identifying your learning style – What makes you who you are? – What makes you unique? – How do you think and learn best? 2

You’ve got personality! Personality can be categorized by your: – Actions – Helpful, playful, charming… – Feelings – Happy, sad, glad… – Habits – talk fast when nervous, twirl hair when thinking. . – Thoughts – wishful, positive, negative…. . • What are some other examples? 3

How do you learn best? • • • Reading Writing Doing Hearing Alone In groups • With music • Without noise • With pictures and graphs • By teaching others 4

Verbal/Linguistic • Definition • Verbal/Linguistic – related to words and language • Characteristics • Likes to read books • Listens to and gives oral presentations • Communicates through written and oral messages • Likes discussions and debates • Likes to explain things • How does this person learn best? • Saying, hearing, and seeing words 1. 02 Understand personality and learning styles. 5

Logical/Mathematical • Definition • Logical/Mathematical – reasoned, precise, accurate • Characteristics • Likes to conduct experiments • Listens to work with numbers • Likes to explore patterns and relationships • Good at math, problem solving, and reasoning • How does this person learn best? • Categorizing, classifying, and working with patterns and relationships 1. 02 Understand personality and learning styles. 6

Bodily/Kinesthetic • Definition • Physical activity and movement and awareness through sensory perception – hearing, seeing, smelling, feeling • Characteristics • Likes to move around, touch, talk, and use body language • Good at sports, dancing, gymnastics, and crafts • How does this person learn best? • By touching, moving, interacting with space and processing knowledge through bodily sensations 1. 02 Understand personality and learning styles. 7

Visual/Spatial • Definition • Mental images, seeing, sight • Characteristics • Likes to draw, build, design, and create • Daydreamer and imaginative • Watches movies and plays computer games • Good at sensing changes • Good at puzzles and mazes and reading charts and graphs • How does this person learn best? • By visualizing, dreaming, and using colors and pictures 1. 02 Understand personality and learning styles. 8

Musical/Rhythmic • Definition • Sound arranged in patterns, tone, and pitch through music, poetry, color, painting, and photography • Characteristics • Likes to sing, hum tunes, listen to music, play an instrument • Good at picking up sounds, remembering melodies, noticing pitch, rhythm, and patterns • Good at keeping time • How does this person learn best? • Through rhythm, melody, and music 1. 02 Understand personality and learning styles. 9

Interpersonal • Definition • Related to relationships with other people • Characteristics • Has lots of friends, likes to talk and join groups • Good at understanding people • Good at communicating • Good at mediation (resolving conflict) • How does this person learn best? • Sharing with others, collaborative groups, and teaching others 1. 02 Understand personality and learning styles. 10

Intrapersonal • Definition • Within self • Characteristics • Likes to work alone • Reflective and self-aware • Instinctual • Original • How does this person learn best? • Working alone, individualized projects, and self-paced instruction 1. 02 Understand personality and learning styles. 11

Naturalistic • Definition • Related to nature and the environment • Characteristics • Likes to work outside • Enjoys geography, weather, learning about the environment • Good at categorizing, organizing, planning, • Interested in preservation and conservation • Likes to work with animals • How does this person learn best? • By studying nature’s patterns, such as erosion and climate, learning how things work, and cause and effect relationships 1. 02 Understand personality and learning styles. 12

Existential • Definition • Capability to see how something relates to the big picture • Characteristics • Enjoys literature and customs from other cultures. • Have a strong connection with family and friends, • Likes to get involved with social and political causes • Can have a strong commitment to their health and well-being • How does this person learn best? • By reading and knowing the value and history behind things. Seek meaningful leaning. 1. 02 Understand personality and learning styles. 13

SCANS Skills & Competencies

What are SCANS Skills? ? ? • Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) - appointed by the Secretary of Labor to determine the skills our young people need to succeed in the world of work. • These are learned abilities that

SCAN Skills Employers want people who have these Foundation Skills : –Basic Skills –Thinking Skills –Personal Qualities

Basic Skills q. Basic Skills: Reading, writing, arithmetic/mathematical, listening, and speaking

Thinking Skills q. Thinking Skills: Creative thinking, Decision making, Problem solving, Visualizing, Knowing how to learn, and Reason

Personal Qualities q. Personal Qualities: Responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, selfmanagement, integrity, and honesty

SCANS 5 Competencies Employers hire people who have these Workforce Skill Standards 1. Resources 2. Interpersonal 3. Information 4. Systems 5. Technology

SCANS 5 Competencies Resources: • Time • Money • Materials & Facilities • Human Resources

SCANS 5 Competencies Interpersonal Skills • Team Member • Teach Others • Leader • Work with Cultural Diversity

SCANS 5 Competencies Information • Acquire & Evaluate Information • Organize & Maintain Information • Interpret & Communicate Information • Use Computers to Process Information

SCANS 5 Competencies Systems • Understanding Systems • Monitor and Correct Performance • Improve and Design Systems

SCANS 5 Competencies Technology • Select Technology • Apply Technology to Tasks • Maintain & Troubleshoot Technology

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