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Understanding Learning Styles. Agenda. What are Learning Styles? Learning Styles in Senior Care Importance of Understanding Learning Styles Common Types of Learning Styles Applying Differences to Improve Quality of Care. What are Learning Styles?.
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Agenda • What are Learning Styles? • Learning Styles in Senior Care • Importance of Understanding Learning Styles • Common Types of Learning Styles • Applying Differences to Improve Quality of Care
What are Learning Styles? • A learning style is an individual’s approach to learning • Learning styles are different based on individual strengths, weaknesses, and preferences
TeachingOthers • Develop a new skill • Acquire new information • Fulfill inner desires • Improve professional competence
Importance of Learning Styles • Provides support • Demonstrates care for one another • Helps individuals be most effective • Provides guidance on the types of presentation or delivery methods that should be used
Learning Styles • Auditory • Visual • Tactile/kinesthetic
Auditory • Learn by hearing and listening • They understand and remember things they have heard • They store information by the way it sounds, and have an easier time understanding spoken instructions than written ones • They often learn by reading aloud because they have to hear it or speak it in order to understand
Characteristics • May hum or talk to themselves or others if bored • May be misinterpreted as not paying attention • Here are some things that auditory learners can do to learn better: • Sit where they can hear • Read training materials or directions out loud • Enjoy using recording devices to have the ability to stop and replay
Supporting Auditory Learners • Lectures must include discussions • Use stories to demonstrate principles • Allow time to read aloud • Engage with face to face conversation • Repeat things
Visual • Learn by reading or seeing pictures • Understand and remember things by sight • Can easily picture what they are learning in their head • Learn best by using methods that are primarily visual • Like to see what they are learning
Characteristics • Usually neat and clean • Often close their eyes to visualize or remember something • May find something to watch if they become bored • May have difficulty with spoken directions and may be easily distracted by sounds • Are attracted to color and to spoken language (like stories) that is rich in imagery.
Supporting Visual Learners • Write down key words, ideas or instructions • Draw pictures to explain new concepts • Use maps, graphs, charts, overheads, and PowerPoints • Color code
Tactile/Kinesthetic • Learn by touching and doing • Understand and remember through physical movement • Hands-on - prefers to touch, move, build, or draw what they learn, and tend to learn better when physical activity is involved • Need to be active and take frequent breaks • Often speak with their hands and with gestures, and may have difficulty sitting still
Characteristics • Enjoy participating in activities that involve touching, building, moving, or drawing • Engage with hands on activities • May like chewing gum, walking around, or rocking in a chair • Like to study by using flashcards • May tap a pencil, shake their foot, or hold on to something while in a meeting • May prefer interactive computer trainings or handwriting notes to help with reinforcing learning
Supporting Tactile/ Kinesthetic Learners • Offer a variety of seating options • Use demonstrations • Incorporate touching/feeling/doing • Role play • Encourage writing • Offer some form of physical manipulation of information
The Key • Don’t ignore the diversity of differences in learning styles • Remember learning styles are applicable in resident, family, team member and community interactions
Motivating Adults to Learn • What is in this for me? • How is this going to help me achieve my goals? • How does this relate to me?
Conclusion • Remember – one size does not fit all: • Quality requires slowing down and considering individual needs and preferences • We have a diverse crew that keeps our organization working! • How are you going to apply today’s training? • How can we, as a team, apply today’s training?
