Jim ...and MY background in museum education screams the power of experiential learning-visual, kinesthetic, activity based. I also remember a particularly dry Medieval Lit professor I had who in NO WAY dulled my passion for the readings and the subject. I've been told we don't "get" an education, we wrest it from the sources, materials and experiences at hand. Sometimes, the theory de jour helps, sometimes it is irrelevant. From: Teaching Breakfast List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Greenberg, Jim Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 1:33 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Learning Styles Rick, My friends in Education and Educational Psychology have been very patient over my 31 years here trying to move me in more constructive directions when it comes to teaching and learning. Those of us not in these fields often get caught up in the popular media constructed debate on how to "fix" education. Technology! Problem Based Learning! Student Centered Learning! have all been recent mantras. If only learning was that simple. Mr. James B. Greenberg Director Teaching, Learning and Technology Center Milne Library SUNY College at Oneonta Oneonta, New York 13820 email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> phone: 607-436-2701 fax: 607-436-3677 Twitter: greenbjb "Ignorance is curable, stupidity lasts forever" From: "Jagels, Fredric ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>)" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Reply-To: Teaching List <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:24:06 -0500 To: Teaching List <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: Learning Styles Today's breakfast discussion touched briefly on "learning Styles". Since it is such an appealing concept I thought this contrary-view short article would fuel some flames: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/learning-styles-debunked-there-is-no-evidence-supporting-auditory-and-visual-learning-psychologists-say.html The referenced study is linked below: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/journals/pspi/PSPI_9_3.pdf Rick Jagels Education Specialist College Assistance Migrant Program 111 Wilsbach Hall State University of NY College at Oneonta (607)436-2297 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>