Discussion Questions
- What do you think? At some point in your life you have probably been told about learning styles. How hard is it for you to believe what is said here?
- Did you have some resistance to it when you first say it called a “myth?”
- Why is this topic related to ethics?
- What would it look like if we DID have a preferred style and tried to learn everything visually, for example. If you tried to learn to drive a car or dance by watching, would you be able to do it? What about learning geography by hearing about it?
- What learning strategies seem to work best for classes that have a lot of reading? What about a more technical class or lab course? How do we best learn music or dance?
- If a service professional (like a teacher or psychologist) is using methods that are outdated or not proven effective instead of strategies that have been shown to work, would that violate the ethical guidelines?
- If a service professional is unaware that what they are doing is not effective (because they were told it was), is it ethical?
- How can professionals stay up to date in their field after they finish their education?
