The 9th week discussion covers the most prominent knowledge for teachers to succeed in teaching as it breaks down the different learner styles which teacher should realize and conduct the lesson accordingly.
As usual, our instructors provide the resources of the topic which I go through and I also search some additional videos and articles to get more comprehensive insight, such as: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPkMeIYiISA (multiple intelligence and technology) and
http://www.onestopenglish.com/support/methodology/teaching-approaches/making-the-most-of-multiple-intelligences/155773.article
. From the latter website article, I learn that teachers really need to figure
out the student learning styles particularly when encounter problem with the
students. I am interested in the way David
Lazear recognize learner styles. He gave an experimental task, as follows:
“A man and a woman are going for a walk. They want to walk
arm in arm, but their steps are of different lengths. In fact, the woman’s step
is two thirds of the man’s step. They start at the same time, and their first
step is onto their left foot (so they are both standing on their right foot
when they make the first step). Obviously, since the woman’s step is shorter and
they want to walk together, she will have to take more steps than her partner
in the same amount of time. How many steps will they each have to take before
their left feet hit the ground at the same time again?”
