INTRODUCTION

PUPIL WORKSHOPS

Effective Thinking Challenge

Exploring Thinking Maps

Maximise Your Memory

M.I. Kidz

Powerhouse Poetry

STAFF TRAINING

Thinking Skills

Thinking Maps

Memory Techniques

Multiple Intelligences

Learning Styles

Kinaesthetic Learning

JOHN FEWINGS

WHAT YOU SAY

LEARNING STYLES

Not only is John�s exposition of Learning Styles theories engaging and fascinating, he also suggests a wealth of ways to tailor teaching and training so that it accommodates the personalised needs of individual learners.

V - A - K

This workshop is designed to develop participants� ability to recognise students' learning preferences and to explore a range of teaching and learning activities appropriate to �visual learners�, �auditory learners� and �kinaesthetic learners�.

• What are �Learning Styles?�

• Difference and diversity - The importance of understanding learning styles.

• �How to tell who�s what.�

• Learning Styles questionnaire.

• "What do we do now?" - Classroom activity analysis.

• Teaching and learning activities to suit VISUAL learners

• Teaching and learning activities to suit AUDITORY learners

• Teaching and learning activities to suit KINAESTHETIC learners

HONEY & MUMFORD

Honey and Mumford's Learning Styles model is more frequently encountered in post-16 training but is nevertheless useful when dealing with KS3 & KS4 pupils.  This workshop investigates the popular theory and explores its implications for the teacher and trainer in respect of course design and lesson planning.

• Honey & Mumford's Learning Styles theory.

• Traits and characteristics of each style.

• The "squiggle game" - have fun whilst developing in-depth understanding.

• Identifying students' styles - using Learning Styles questionnaires.

• Teaching and learning activities to suit each learning style.

• Designing a learning programme to suit all types of learner.

Each of the above (VAK / Honey & Mumford) can be delivered as a full day (or abbreviated half-day) workshop - or combined together as a full day.

LEARNING STYLES and GENDER

A workshop to consider the impact of gender on Learning Styles preferences.

• Equal Opportunities & "political correctness" - avoiding the minefield of gender stereotyping.

• Left & right brain thinking.

• The various Learning Styles theories and their implications.

• "What suits whom" - learning activity analysis.

• Relating to female-oriented learners.

• Motivating male-oriented learners.

• Bridging the gender divide - how to organise learning to suit both male and female learning preferences.

• The single-sex classroom - the pro's and con's.

See also: Multiple Intelligences