Adolescent Learning & Learning Styles/Multiple Intelligences

Adolescent Learning & Learning Styles/Multiple Intelligences

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Lets try to create a profile of your teenage tutees on the basis of your observations of them and by using the criteria on the next slide.

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Cultural

Social

Family

Emotional

Identity

Ethics/Morality

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What is Adolescence?Focus on Young Adults, February 2001

Dynamic change representing the change from childhood to adulthood, beginning with puberty

Period of preparation for adulthood Furious growth and development Exciting opportunities, but new risks Development of identity (Who am I?)

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What is Adolescence?World Health Organization

Progression from appearance of secondary sexual characteristics (puberty) to sexual and reproductive maturity

Development of adult mental process and identity

Transition from total social-economic dependence to relative independence

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AdolescenceAges 15 – 19 years old

Emotional Develops more

advanced problem-solving skills

Concerned with self-image compared to peers

Ethics / Morality Increases exposure to

values and beliefs of others

Starts to question own beliefs, which may lead to conflicts with parents or family

Begins to develop own set of values

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Identity Has sense of self that

is largely shaped by peers, although becoming less so

May be struggling with gender identification

Family May become more

removed from family and may seek more privacy

Moves away from parents toward peers

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Social Peers influence leisure

activities, appearance, substance use, and initial sexual behaviors.

Family influences education, career, religious values, and beliefs

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Developing abstract thinking skills Means thinking about things that cannot be seen, heard, or

touched E.g.: faith, trust, beliefs, spirituality

Developing ability to think about thinking in a process known as “meta-cognition” Allows individuals to think about how they feel and what

they are thinking Involves being able to think about how one is perceived by

others

How the Brain Learns/Sousa, David A.

How Does Cognitive Development Affect Teens?

What does it all mean to me as a tutor?

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Problem is…

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

Abraham Maslow

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Knowledge CANNOT be transferred? Retention rate:

First thing’s First….

LectureLecture 5%5%

ReadingReading 10%10%

Audio-VisualAudio-Visual 20%20%

DemonstrationDemonstration30%30%

Discussion GroupDiscussion Group 50%50%Practice by DoingPractice by Doing 75%75%

Teach Others / Immediate Use of LearningTeach Others / Immediate Use of Learning 90%90%

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What other tools can you use

Different Different

LearningLearning

StylesStyles

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An e.g. of a unique Framework that can be adopted in tutoring teenagers – HCP(Whenever applicable)

An engagement with the Present:

Connections to the contemporary world

An engagement with the Past:

Historical thinking

Connecting with the Youth:

Connections to their concerns, experiences, and lives

1st inquiryHistorical

2nd InquiryContemporary

3rd inquiryPersonal

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HCP Framework

Historical Inquiry Need to make sense of the world in which they live Identity; direction

Contemporary Inquiry Need for acceptance; Purpose & meaning of life Where and how they fit in

Personal Inquiry Moral and personal issues central to them. Link to personal lives; Why is this important to me?

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HCP Framework

• Youth Development Characteristics:• Need to Belong• Making Sense of Reality• Search for Meaning and Values

• Lesson Plan Framework:• Historical• Contemporary• Personal

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Be aware of different learning styles or Multiple Intelligences of your tutees.

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Take Visual for example

Drawings Use Diagrams for Concept mapping. Remember this

slide More in the MI Toolbox

Handout.

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Smart State Rankings1 Vermont

2 Connecticut

3 Massachusetts

4 New Jersey

5 Maine

6 Seattle

7 Virginia

8 Wisconsin

9 Texas

10 New York

40 Georgia

41 Tennessee

42 Hawaii

43 Alabama

44 Alaska

45 Louisiana

46 California

47 Nevada

48 Arizona

49 Mississippi

50 Arizona

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How many of you remember

Rankings of Virginia Rankings of California Why?

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Does it make sense? Is meaning present?

ModerateTo

High

ModerateTo

High

VERYHIGHVERYHIGH

Very LowVery Low

ModerateTo

High

ModerateTo

High

Is Sense Present

Is M

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ng P

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nt

Yes

No

No

YES

Learning is most likely to occur when it makes sense and has meaningLearning is most likely to occur when it makes sense and has meaning

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Simple Things we can do to make tutoring sessions meaningful: Generate Interest by making it relevant. Maintain a Reflection Journal at the end of

each tutoring session. Use Humor

Gets the attention Positive Climate Increases Retention

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In the end…work to make you tutee Go from this

To this

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By..

Understanding that they are growing. Respecting and accepting that they are

looking for independence. Make it relevant! Avoid the hammer! Use the whole toolbox

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Now take 2 minutes to think and answer this Q:What did I learn from this presentation that I will apply in my tutoring session?

Informative slides on Multiple Intelligences:

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Theory of Multiple Intelligence

Dr. Howard Gardner

Psychologist Howard Gardner identified the following distinct types of intelligence and developed the Theory of Multiple Intelligences as a Teaching and Learning tool

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Linguistic

Children with this kind of intelligence enjoy writing, reading, telling stories or doing crossword puzzles,speaking and listening.

Activities: reading books, writing and telling stories.


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Logical-Mathematical Children with lots of logical intelligence are interested in patterns, categories and relationships. They are drawn to arithmetic problems, strategy games and experiments.

Activities: work with abstract symbol, patterns, questioning, categorize, classify observations, experimenting, formulate hypotheses and construct relationships


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Bodily-Kinesthetic This is the ability to use physical gestures to express emotions. They are often athletic, dancers or good at crafts such as sewing or woodworking. In other words – learn by doing.

Activities: dance, drama, body language, role play, games, create products or invent things.

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Spatial These children think in images and pictures. They may be fascinated with mazes or jigsaw puzzles, or spend free time drawing, reading charts and maps, building with Legos or

daydreaming. Activities: maps, charts and puzzles, design, draw and create things.

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Theory of Multiple intelligenceMusical

Musical children are always singing or drumming to themselves. They are usually quite aware of sounds others may miss and are good auditory learners.

Activities: Singing, music, playing an instrument.

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Interpersonal Children who are leaders among their peers, who are good at communicating and who seem to understand others' feelings and motives possess interpersonal intelligence.

Activities: Group work, interview, managing people

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Theory of Multiple Intelligence Intrapersonal Through this intelligence we explore our

thoughts, our emotions, what we think, feel and why we do the things we do.

Activities: Individual work.

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Theory of Multiple Intelligence Natural Involves understanding the natural world of

plants and animals, noticing their characteristics, and categorizing them; it generally involves keen observation and the ability to classify other things as well.

Activities: exploring nature, making

collections of objects, studying them, and grouping them

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Bibliography:

The Bedford Guide for Writing tutors/Leigh, Ryan/Third Edition/Bedford/2002

How the Brain Learns/Sousa, David A./Corwin Press/2000

http://www.fhi.org/en/Youth/YouthNet/Publications/FOCUS/index.htm.

http://www.who.int/child-adolescent-health/OVERVIEW/AHD/adh_over.htm.

http://snow.utoronto.ca/courses/mitest.html/ Ivanco, J/1998

http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm

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