Today is my besday..hepi besday dila..u are getting older and older...remember u are not a small child anymore...think bout d future...just finish d celebration wif my family..thanks a lot 2 my mom,my pa,my 2 sis and my bro..thanks bro 4 d beautiful cake...also thank 2 all my lovely friend coz not forgotten my besday..
u are now 24 sui le(mandarin word)..arrghhh so many thing 2 think when u are getting older and older..work..study..work..study...work..complaint..work..complaint..study..assignm..
study..assignm..
thanks to GOD cause giving me lovely family that always give support and support all d time..like my mom said 'don't think bout anything just think bout work and study,other let me handle it'...i luv u so much mom..muahhhh..muahhh..muahh..
Friday, July 27, 2007
Learning Styles
The Four Quadrants of the Brain
* As an adult learner, have you noticed that you find some subjects easy and enjoyable to learn? But that learning other subjects entails industrial-strength pain?
* As a teacher of adults, have you noticed that some students in your classes are avid, effective learners - while others can't seem to get with the program?
* Whether you're a learner or a teacher, have you noticed that in everyday life, you relate to some people smoothly, while with others the process of interaction seems gnarly? Or that some tasks at work, or in your personal life, give you pleasure and satisfaction, while others are boring, irritating, and difficult?
All of these commonplace experiences derive from the same cause: the fact that we each have a preferred learning style, and that we learn most readily when we can use that style.
What does this mean for adult learning and teaching? How can we overcome the problems caused by these brain-style differences? Indeed, can we turn them into advantages and opportunities?
Here, some suggestion from some practical ways that learning and teaching can be enhanced by acting on the fact that we differ in the ways we learn the best developed by the late Ned Herrmann and currently carried forward with great integrity and verve by his top colleagues (www.hbdi.com).
Briefly, Herrmann suggests that we think of our brains as divided into four quadrants, each of them with distinctive strengths:
Left Front: Logical, Analytical, Theoretical, Quantitative
Left Rear: Sequential, Organized, Evaluative, Prepared
Right Front: Synthesist, Exploratory, Conceptual, Experimental
Right Rear: Kinesthetic, Emotional, Feeling, Sensing
This scheme is not a literal map of the anatomy of your brain. But it does reflect the ways in which different physical locations inside your skull specialize in different ways of processing information.
For example, in most people the areas that handle speech and verbal logic do indeed lie behind the left ear. Hippocrates noticed this: when soldiers were brought to him who had been struck in the left side of the head, they often lost the power of speech, but the same wound on the right side did not produce this result.
* As an adult learner, have you noticed that you find some subjects easy and enjoyable to learn? But that learning other subjects entails industrial-strength pain?
* As a teacher of adults, have you noticed that some students in your classes are avid, effective learners - while others can't seem to get with the program?
* Whether you're a learner or a teacher, have you noticed that in everyday life, you relate to some people smoothly, while with others the process of interaction seems gnarly? Or that some tasks at work, or in your personal life, give you pleasure and satisfaction, while others are boring, irritating, and difficult?
All of these commonplace experiences derive from the same cause: the fact that we each have a preferred learning style, and that we learn most readily when we can use that style.
What does this mean for adult learning and teaching? How can we overcome the problems caused by these brain-style differences? Indeed, can we turn them into advantages and opportunities?
Here, some suggestion from some practical ways that learning and teaching can be enhanced by acting on the fact that we differ in the ways we learn the best developed by the late Ned Herrmann and currently carried forward with great integrity and verve by his top colleagues (www.hbdi.com).
Briefly, Herrmann suggests that we think of our brains as divided into four quadrants, each of them with distinctive strengths:
Left Front: Logical, Analytical, Theoretical, Quantitative
Left Rear: Sequential, Organized, Evaluative, Prepared
Right Front: Synthesist, Exploratory, Conceptual, Experimental
Right Rear: Kinesthetic, Emotional, Feeling, Sensing
This scheme is not a literal map of the anatomy of your brain. But it does reflect the ways in which different physical locations inside your skull specialize in different ways of processing information.
For example, in most people the areas that handle speech and verbal logic do indeed lie behind the left ear. Hippocrates noticed this: when soldiers were brought to him who had been struck in the left side of the head, they often lost the power of speech, but the same wound on the right side did not produce this result.
Tips 4 learners
As a learner, an understanding of your learning style can help in the classroom and at home.
In the classroom:
If you have difficulty following a teacher's presentation of new material, ask if it can be presented in a way that appeals to your style. For example, if you are a visual learner, you may find it difficult to absorb content if the teacher just speaks. Approach your teacher and ask him/her to write key points on the board while they are talking.
At home:
When working independently to study for tests or complete assignments, you will find that you use your time more effectively if you use the strategies recommended for your style. For example, if you are an auditory learner, try recording summaries of notes you have taken from readings. To study, just sit back and listen...
Good luck!
In the classroom:
If you have difficulty following a teacher's presentation of new material, ask if it can be presented in a way that appeals to your style. For example, if you are a visual learner, you may find it difficult to absorb content if the teacher just speaks. Approach your teacher and ask him/her to write key points on the board while they are talking.
At home:
When working independently to study for tests or complete assignments, you will find that you use your time more effectively if you use the strategies recommended for your style. For example, if you are an auditory learner, try recording summaries of notes you have taken from readings. To study, just sit back and listen...
Good luck!
beautiful scenery
Nature's Wonders
The wonders of nature bring into full bloom
It's colors and signs of seasonal bliss
It draws the heart toward it's vividful views
And unto the things that it should not miss
It's creatures that are drawn out from their dens
Bring warmful views to the earth once more
That they would grow and produce in a thriving state
In abundance of all it's galore
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