The key to this is how kitchen garden programs appeal to
kinaesthetic learning styles, where the learning comes through physical activity and «doing».
Organised around small groups, the Study days are interactive and they enhance multiple
kinaesthetic learning styles.
«But individuals with a visual or
kinaesthetic learning style aren't catered for nearly enough in education, as quite often schools just don't have the resources to facilitate this.
Not exact matches
And almost all teachers (over 90 per cent in each country) feel that teaching to a student's preferred
learning style — auditory,
kinaesthetic or visual — is helpful, despite no convincing evidence to support this approach.
There is a range of different types of
learning styles, for example auditory, visual, tactile or
kinaesthetic styles (Hattie, 2009).
This activity encourages uses of visual, auditory, olfactory and tactile senses and engages with visual, linguistic,
kinaesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal and naturalistic
learning styles.
There's no denying that we all have our own preferred
learning styles, and as students make their way through school, they will start to determine the way they
learn best; be that visual, auditory or
kinaesthetic.
Ben Bennett, Managing Director at virtual - reality software specialist Luminous Group, thinks that VR technology software is the key to reaching those with visual or
kinaesthetic (hands on)
learning styles.
For example, those with a visual
learning style would probably benefit from observing these, and
kinaesthetic learners may even enjoy mapping sentences in graphic format.