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While traditional theories of learning encompass a huge array of topics, this particular site strand is devoted to discussions and information on newer innovations in education.  Some of the innovations and views included in this site strand are: newer views of intelligence, holistic learning and teaching, brain-based education, as well as suggestions on how to create teaching environments where optimal human learning is supported and nurtured. You can also find additional information on many related topics through my General Links Pages.  

While this strand is still under construction, eventually there will be a number of pages devoted to assorted concepts on rethinking intelligence -- like Gardner's Multiple intelligences, Perkins' Reflective Intelligence, Goleman's Emotional Intelligence, and Sternberg's Successful Intelligence. There will also be pages devoted to newer educational concepts as these affect teaching and learning. I hope you will check back often to see what is new.

Current Index of Topics:

General Topics related to learning and teaching

• Different Types of Learning - transmission, acquisition, accretion, and emergence

• Asking Questions - Five Basic Types of Questions

• What are "Essential Questions?"

Other learning theories resources on the web: 

• An index on theories

Gardner and MI

• Multiple Intelligences Defined: A brief overview of Gardner's first seven intelligences

• The Eighth Intelligence - Naturalistic Intelligence: A discussion on Gardner's latest addition to MI Theory

• MI Indicators in Children and Adults - Behaviors or preferences that may indicate strength in certain intelligences

• The ninth intelligence -- maybe: Thoughts on existential intelligence 

• Resources on Multiple Intelligences 

Sternberg

• Sternberg's Triarchic Intelligence -- A brief overview of a three-fold view of intelligence

Goleman

• Highlights of Emotional intelligence: Excerpts and comments from Daniel Goleman

• EQ Educational Applications

Learning and the Brain

• Overview of Brain-based Education 

• Using Brain-based education to optimize learning - some helpful hints

• Books on Brain-based Learning and Teaching 

• ED 790 Brain-based learning - course related materials

• Links page on Brian-based Education

• Funderstandings general index of learning theories - excellent on-line resource

Personality and Learning Styles  

• Personality styles and Introduction - MBTI and Keirsey's Temperaments

• Notes on the Myers-Briggs (MBTI) Variables

• Bill Kirbys' MBTI Matrix

• Wilson's personality links pages

ED 703 Newer Views of Learning Course Materials 

• Webquest #1

• Webquest #2

• Wequest #3

Controversies - Here are a number of diverse views on learning styles and related literature. You decide -- good, bad, it will or won't it work?.

1. Learning styles and pedagogy in post-16 learning - From the Brits -- This is a grand study and a meta-analysis of literature on learning styles that is both careful and systematic as it critical reviews a variety of instruments. A very comprehensive look at an array of diverse learning style instrumentation (71) segregating and examining the 13 most popular models. This study concluded that it is the validity and reliability of the parent instrument that is important in determining the ultimate usefulness and effectiveness of the work related to teaching and learning. The study concentrates on 4 major questions: What models of learning styles are influential and potentially influential? What empirical evidence is there to support the claims made for these models? What are the broad implications for pedagogy of these models? What empirical evidence is there that models of learning styles have an impact on students learning?

2. AFT Pages - The following two links are from the American Federation of Teachers pages and provide some useful discussions on explaining learning modalities and some of the research controversies surrounding the concept of learning retention and modality usage, both are by Daniel Willingham.

• Do Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic Learners Need Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic Instruction?

• Has modality theory been tested?   

Journal Articles Online

•  New Horizons for Learning Electronic Journal - Vol. III, #5, March/April 1998

•  The eighth intelligence

•  Why teachers are drawn to using Multiple Intelligence Theory in the classroom

 Begin pages

Lots of internal site links

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