Chapter 4 Instructional Methods and Learning Styles

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Stephen Petrina. (in press). Curriculum and Instruction For Technology Teachers125Chapter 4Instructional Methods and Learning StylesHow do we factor the variability of students into our Instructional Methods ? All students aredifferent, and yet there are many commonalties from student to student. Should students simplydesign their own education, an education that theoretically would be tailored to their needs?Should students be left to their own desires and needs, as Rousseau advocated in Emile in the late1700s and as A. S. Neill advocated in Summerhill in the 1960s? Or are there ideas and methodsthat all students should simply endure, for the good of the social system? We have learned quite abit about accommodating the variability of students through research into Instructional Methods andlearning Styles .

Instructional strategies, or teaching methods, depend on a number of factors such as the developmental level of students, goals, intent and objectives of the teacher, content, and environment including time, physical setting and resources.

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