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This module focuses on how to unveil the interests and aptitudes of students, in order to plan and implement personalized educational paths and guidance services to valorise these talents through curricular and extracurricular activities and motivate the students to stay at school.

Capitalise on pupils interests and skills

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Chapter 1: Introduction
Learning styles + Online Resources
Every student learns differently. An individual’s learning style refers to the preferential way in which the student absorbs, processes, comprehends and retains information. For example, when learning how to build a clock, some students understand the process by following verbal instructions, while others have to physically manipulate the clock themselves. The concept of individualized learning styles has gained widespread recognition in education theory and classroom management strategy. It is important for educators to understand the differences in their students’ learning styles, so that they can implement best practice strategies into their school activities, curriculum and assessments. One of the most accepted understandings of learning styles is that student learning styles fall into three “main categories:” Visual Learners, Auditory Learners and Kinesthetic Learners. These learning styles are found within educational theorist Neil Fleming’s VAK model of Student Learning. VAK is an acronym that refers to the three main types of learning styles: Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic. The VAK model acknowledges that students have different approaches to how they process information, referred to as “preferred learning modes.” The main ideas are as follows:
  • Students’ preferred learning modes have significant influence on their behaviour and learning.
  • Students’ preferred learning modes should be matched with appropriate learning strategies.
  • Information that is accessed through students’ use of their modality preferences shows an increase in their levels of comprehension, motivation and metacognition.

Identifying students as visual, auditory, or kinesthetic learners, and aligning overall curriculum with these learning styles, will prove to be beneficial for the entire class. Allowing students to access information in terms they are comfortable with will increase their academic confidence.
Online Resources
  • Learning Styles The site defines and helps teachers and students identify what kind of learners they are: visual, auditory, or kinesthetic learners.
  • LDPrideThis page provides an explanation of what learning styles and multiple intelligences are all about, an interactive assessment of your learning style/MI, and practical tips to make your learning style work for you.

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Date: 2016.09.02

Posted by Christine CLOES - Belgique

The strength of this module is to gather (and remind) important theoretical principles (as learning styles, multiple intelligences…) and practical advice to cultivate the students’ talents and interests,for example planning extracurricular activities, developing entrepreneurial experiences at school, etc.

Date: 2016.08.03

Posted by M.J. Romero - Spain

Interesting collection of online sources. Very complete and with different approaches.

Date: 2016.07.10

Posted by Liliana Cannone - Italy

The most interesting and functional section for the type of students F.Datini IPS is the "SKILL & JOBS", to deepen the profile of the professionals and the levels of skills within the school.
Furthermore, the analysis of the job profiles of the different countries involved in the project highlights the actual demand in the labor market. It would be useful to have in the Italian language test to use them in school with our students. The clearly structured site, has a dress simple and straightforward graphics, and is quite simple to find the inserted content

Date: 2016.07.07

Posted by Rouquette-Salerno Laetitia - France

The modules are really interesting and relevant

Date: 2016.07.06

Posted by Cristina Farzi - Romania

The module focuses on how to unveil the interests and aptitudes of students in order to plan and implement personalized educational paths and guidance services which successfully valorise students’ talents. As balancing theory and practice is one of the principles of this tool the second module starts from theoretical considerations on interests, aptitudes and key competences as well as school autonomy and learning styles, which are practically supported by useful hands-on curricular and extracurricular activities, teaching methods used to capitalize on students’ interests and skills and an impressive collection of best practices, experiences, success stories as well as tips on how to use them in class. The chapter also highlights the important of parent involvement in children’s development and success at school and in life.

Date: 2016.07.06

Posted by Elza Gheorghiu - Romania

The modules provide teachers and counsellors with invaluable online materials which can help them with:
- a conceptual and theoretical framework
- tools/ techniques to use
- activities to carry out
- examples of best practice
- case studies

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This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This web site reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.