Picasso Head and Learning Styles

This is my Picasso head. I have musical intelligence.

As we have been discussing learning styles over the past week, I have had different views on how or even if they should be used in the classroom. However, looking over all the information we have been presented with, I think that they are valuable for helping students engage further into the learning process so that they get all they can out of the teaching, but that they can not be used in every lesson you teach. This is because grasping some concepts have to be solely based on the content of the subject matter rather than how a student learns best. "[W]e are all capable of learning under almost any style, no matter what our preference is," (Clark, 2012). What matters more than the way you learn best is the nature of the subject that is being discussed. For example, for a student to know what a song sounds like, it is better for them to listen to the song than to look at the sheet music. "[T]eachers should worry about matching their instruction to the content they are teaching. Some concepts are best taught through hands-on work, some are best taught through lectures, and some are best taught through group discussions," (Glenn, 2009). All students have the ability to learn in whatever way we present the information. It is true that some might learn better in a different way then how it is taught, but in that situation, I feel like it is best to individually present the information to that student differently rather than present the same information to the entire class for every different learning style. Where I feel it is best to integrate learning styes, make learning fun, and keep students engaged, we need to change the style of our teaching in different subjects and not teach for, as an example, visual learning all the time. Teach for all of the different learners you may have in your class.

Music Media Lesson Plan

• Have students creatively examine the role that music, sound effects, special effects and editing techniques have in holding our attention while watching TV or movies. Break the class into small groups and assign each of them to record a movie scene. Each group must do the same scene twice while varying one element. For example, one group should do the same scene with different music each time, while another groups tapes the same scene using differerent camera angles. After viewing each video, discuss the differences that exist between the two scenes.

David Glenn (2009, December 15). Matching Teaching Style to Learning Style May Not Help Students.

     Retrieved from http://chronicle.com/article/Matching-Teaching-Style-to-/49497/

Don Clark (2012, March 6). Learning Styles and Preferences. Retrieved from 

     http://nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/styles.html

Media Literacy Lesson Plan Ideas: TV and Movies. Retrieved from

     http://www.cmch.tv/mentors_teachers/lp_tv_movies.asp