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Iain Abernethy
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The Science of Learning

This podcast is well worth a listen. It discusses “learning styles” and explains why it’s a flawed and outdated model. As well as being educational, I found it quite inspirational too.

http://www.martialjourneysofmadison.com/episode-6-the-science-of-learning/

All the best,

Iain

niekyvanveggel
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Hi Iain, Learning styles are a fairly big fad in education land... See also this (free available paper, fairly recent):

https://career.ucsf.edu/sites/career.ucsf.edu/files/Article%20UCSF%20SEJC%20January%202017.pdf

The evidence behind the theory is flimsy, but the idea still seems to persist.

Best, Nieky

Iain Abernethy
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niekyvanveggel wrote:
Learning styles are a fairly big fad in education land ... The evidence behind the theory is flimsy, but the idea still seems to persist.

Hi Nieky,

That’s a very interesting paper which certainly supports the position taken in Gretchen’s podcast. Thanks for providing the link.

All the best,

Iain