Geoffrey MillerVerified account

I agree and disagree with "learning styles." I think they exist but are not utilized appropriately--for one thing, I think it must be a spectrum, not a pigeonhole; the way it's used now seems to encourage people to shut their brains off if something doesn't "match" "their style"

At the same time, I'm so auditory--I don't forget things I hear/read, always studied by writing out long pages of notes. Visual information--graphs, diagrams--meaningless to me. But I was never told I *couldn't* learn some way. When a kid's told he can't learn, he stops learning.

Here's the real question IMO..... is the way we're teaching children the most beneficial? I find that hard to swallow. Seems like sitting in a desk is not a great way for free little minds to engage with the world and learn.