Becoming a Science Teacher:

key factors to
effective teaching;

knowing thyself

How much do you know yourself?

Personality
Learning
The

styles

VARk neil flemming

Multiple intelligences Howard
Gardner

OVERVIEW OF LEARNING STYLES

Many people recognize that each person prefers
different learning styles and techniques. Learning
styles group common ways that people learn.
Everyone has a mix of learning styles. Some
people may find that they have a dominant style
of learning, with far less use of the other styles.

Others may find that they use different styles

in different circumstances.
There is no right mix. Nor are your styles
fixed. You can develop ability in less dominant
styles, as well as further develop styles that
you already use well.

Understanding the basis of learning styles

Your learning styles have more influence

than you may realize. Your preferred styles
guide the way you learn. They also
change the way you internally represent
experiences,
the
way
you
recall
information, and even the words you
Research shows us that each learning style uses
choose.

different parts of the brain. By involving more of

the brain during learning, we remember more of
what we learn. Researchers using brain-imaging
technologies have been able to find out the key
areas of the brain responsible for each learning
style.

According to Zimmer (2008), students

respond
to information differently.

The Seven Memletic Learning Styles

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Visual (spatial): pictures, images, and spatial

understanding.
Aural (auditory-musical): sound and music.
Verbal (linguistic): words, both in speech and
writing.
Physical (kinesthetic): your body, hands and
sense of touch.
Logical (mathematical): logic, reasoning and
systems.
Social (interpersonal): learn in groups or with
other people.
Solitary (intrapersonal): work alone and use selfstudy.

Visual: The occipital

lobes at the back of the
brain manage the
visual sense. Both the
occipital and parietal
lobes manage spatial
orientation.
Aural: The temporal
lobes handle aural
content. The right
temporal lobe is
especially important for
music.
Verbal: The temporal
and frontal lobes,

 Physical:

The cerebellum and the

motor cortex (at the back of the
frontal lobe) handle much of our
physical movement.
Logical: The parietal lobes,
especially the left side, drive our
logical thinking.
Social: The frontal and temporal
lobes handle much of our social
activities. The limbic system (not
shown apart from the
hippocampus) also influences
both the social and solitary styles.
The limbic system has a lot to do
with emotions, moods and
aggression.
Solitary: The frontal and parietal
lobes, and the limbic system, are
also active with this style.

Neil Fleming's VAK/VARK model

visual learners;
2. auditory learners;
3. reading-writing preference
learners;
4. kinesthetic learners or tactile
learners.
Fleming claimed that visual
learners have a preference for
seeing (think in pictures; visual
1.

 Auditory learners best learn

through listening (lectures,
discussions, tapes, etc.).
Tactile/kinesthetic learners prefer
to learn via experiencemoving,
touching, and doing (active
exploration of the world; science
projects; experiments, etc.).
Its use in pedagogy allows teachers
to prepare classes that address
each of these areas. Students can
also use the model to identify their
preferred learning style and

Multiple Intelligences (MI)

In1983,American

psychologist Howard
Gardner proposed a
theory that sought to
broaden the
traditional definition
of intelligence.

Multiple Intelligences (MI)

He

felt that the concept of intelligence,

as it had been defined by mental tests,
did not capture all of the ways humans
can excel. Gardner argued that we do
not have one underlying general
intelligence, but instead have multiple
intelligences, each part of an
independent system in the brain.

Multiple Intelligences (MI)

Prodigies

are individuals who show an

exceptional talent in a specific area at a
young age, but who are normal in other
respects.

Savants

are people who score low on IQ

testsand who may have only limited
language or social skillsbut demonstrate
some remarkable ability, such as
extraordinary memory or drawing ability.

Priyanshi Somani is a mental calculator from India. She started

mental calculation at the age of six. At the age of 11, she was the
youngest participant of the Mental Calculation World Cup 2010
and won the overall title. She is the only participant who has done
100% accuracy in Addition, Multiplication, Square Root till date in
all five Mental Calculation World Cups. She is the winner of Pogo
Amazing Kids Awards 2010 in genius category. Her name is also
added in the Limca Book of World Records as well as the Guinness
Book of World Records. Best known as the worlds youngest
college graduate at the age of 10. Michael was born in 1984 and
known for setting several world records and teaching college at
the age of 17. Michael spoke his first words when he was just four
months old. When he reached six months, he said to his

Having suffered a brain injury as a child, Alonzo has

an IQ of somewhere between 45 and 50 (mentally
retarded). This certainly doesnt stop him from
sculpting though. He can quickly replicate a 3D
model of almost any creature after only catching a
glimpse of it. Although he is one of the most talented
musicians to ever sit behind the keys of a piano, the
same fingers that can play Sweet Home Alabama in

Multiple Intelligences (MI)

Linguistic

These lines begin the famous poem The

Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (1915), by
English poet T. S. Eliot. Prufrock, the poems
narrator, feels split between his sensitive,
poetic feelings and his outer behavior, which
is frozen with inaction. In this poem Eliot
ponders the spiritual vacuum of
contemporary society, describing what he
sees as a spiritual death among the living.
For this and other works, such as his long
poem in five parts The Waste Land (1922),
Eliot is considered one of the most important
poets and literary critics of the 1900s.

intelligence
involves
aptitude with
speech and
language and
is exemplified
by poet T. S.
Eliot.

Multiple Intelligences (MI)

Logical-mathematical

intelligence involves the ability

to reason abstractly and solve
mathematical and logical
problems. Physicist Albert
Einstein is a good example of
this intelligence. (MS Encarta
Encyclopedia)

Multiple Intelligences (MI)

Spatial

intelligence

Spanish artist Pablo Picasso

experimented with a variety of styles
and techniques and greatly influenced
the course of modern art. He pioneered
the movement known as cubism and
invented the artistic technique of
collage. Picasso is widely acknowledged
as the greatest artist of the 20th
century.

is
used to perceive
visual and spatial
information and to
conceptualize the
world in tasks like
navigation and in
art. Painter Pablo
Picasso represents
a person of high
spatial
intelligence.

Multiple Intelligences (MI)

Bodily-kinesthetic
intelligence is the
ability to use ones
body or portions of it
in various activities,
such as dancing,
athletics, acting,
surgery, and magic.
This scene is from a dance called Letter
Martha Graham, the
to the World (1940), created by the
American dancer and choreographer
famous dancer and
Martha Graham. The piece was inspired
choreographer, is a
by the life and work of the American
good example of
poet Emily Dickinson. Graham herself
bodily-kinesthetic
performed the main role. Graham,
intelligence.
whose modern style was considered
controversial when she debuted in New
York in 1926, became a major force in
the type of dance known as modern
dance ballet, in which emotional

Multiple Intelligences (MI)

Interpersonal

intelligence
involves understanding
others and acting on that
understanding and is
exemplified by psychiatrist
In 1901, he published The Psychopathology of Everyday
Sigmund
Freud.
Encartaor slips of
Life, in
which he theorized
that (MS
forgetfulness

Encyclopedia)
the
tongue (now called "Freudian slips") were not
accidental at all, but it was the "dynamic unconscious"
revealing something meaningful. He concluded that the
sexual drive was the most powerful shaper of a person's
psychology, and that sexuality was present even in
infants. He shocked society when he published these ideas
in 1905. His most well-known theory is that of the
"Oedipus complex" -- that in children (boys, that is) there

Multiple Intelligences (MI)

Intrapersonal

Indian nationalist leader Mohandas

Gandhi spent his life campaigning for
human rights in India. His strategy was
to use a combination of passive
resistance to and noncooperation with
the British, who ruled India. Gandhi
said his techniques were inspired by
the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, by
American writer Henry David Thoreau,
and by the teachings of Jesus Christ. In
1947 Gandhis pacifist efforts brought

intelligence is
the ability to
understand
ones self and
is typified by
the leader
Mohandas
Gandhi.

Multiple Intelligences (MI)

In

the late 1990s

Gardner added an
eighth intelligence to
his theory: naturalist
intelligence, the
ability to recognize
and classify plants,
animals, and minerals.
Naturalist Charles
Darwin is an example
of this intelligence.

Charles Darwin was greatly

influenced by the geologist Adam
Sedgwick and naturalist John
Henslow in his development of the
theory of natural selection, which
was to become the foundation
concept supporting the theory of
evolution. Darwins theory holds that
environmental effects lead to
varying degrees of reproductive
success in individuals and groups of
organisms. Natural selection tends
to promote adaptation in organisms
when necessary for survival. This
revolutionary theory was published

Multiple Intelligences (MI)

Musical intelligence show
sensitivity to rhythm and sound.
They love music, but they are
also sensitive to sounds in their
environments. They may study
better with music in the
background.
They can be taught by turning
lessons into lyrics, speaking
rhythmically, tapping out time.
Tools include musical
instruments, music, radio,
stereo, CD-ROM, multimedia.

Although he has been blind

since birth, nothing has
dimmed Stevie Wonders
musical genius. He began
playing piano at age four,
and his compositions and
musicianship were
nationally renowned by the
time he was twelve.
Wonders passionate and
thoughtful songwriting
remains some of the
greatest in popular music.

Points to Ponder

The teacher is the most

important agent of change and
catalyst in the classroom in
order
that
teaching-learning
They are responsible in
process
will
exist.
encouraging and motivating
our students to study and
become good citizens.

Points to Ponder
Therefore, TEACHERS PREPARATION is an
imperative area of concern.
Our countrys future is shaped inside the
classroom:
QUALITY TEACHERS BEGET QUALITY GRADUATES.

Mediocre teachers produce

mediocre graduates but
EXCELLENT TEACHERS PRODUCE
EXCELLENT WORKERS.

OUR PROBLEM
Ninety (90) percent of
teachers in the higher
education system are
BY feelings
People TEACHERS
who are working harbor
of dissatisfaction,
lack of motivation, anger,
ACCIDENT.
hatred and regrets. Dr. Patricia Patton

OUR PROBLEM
Those who dont qualify for
other courses are usually
advised by their parents or
elders with:

MAGTITSER KA NA
LANG.

TEACHERS-BY-ACCIDENT

WHY ARE MANY TEACHERS

TEACHERS-BY-ACCIDENT?

Because they are

handpicked by God to
teach
next
This
makesthe
TEACHING
a
CALLING,
not an OCCUPATION.
generation.

A NEW MINDSET
Your job as a future teacher is
the strategic place where God
put us to represent Him...
And when God is your boss,

YOU CANT AFFORD

TO FAIL!

THE NOBLEST PROFESSION

Your influence does not stop
in the four corners of the
classroom...
YOu either produce successful
or miserable individuals.

A TEACHERS ROLE
Teachers must realize that education is
an effective instrument of social change.

Therefore, the teacher has to

be equipped with
appropriate knowledge &
skills to be a competent
agent for this

THE POWERFUL TEACHER

As a future teacher, I believe that I will be the
decisive element in the classroom. Its my personal
approach that creates the climate. Its my daily
mood that makes the weather. As a future teacher,
I will possess a tremendous power to make a
childs life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of
torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can
humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations
it is my response that decides whether a crisis will
be escalated or de-escalated and a student
humanized or de-humanized.- Haim Ginott