Aural Learners
I teach Audio so the subject material lends itself to Aural learners. Amazingly, I find that people who are aural learners struggle more than other students. I believe that different skills are better learned through different learning styles. The most successful students are able to integrate different learning style in order to learn material.
For example, many students with excellent aural attention skills struggle with the technical aspects of the class. Students with strong kinesthetic technical skills struggle with more conceptual ideas.
Basically I am suggesting that students must combine different learning styles in order to be successful. Certain skills are best presented through certain learning techniques.
I agree I teach music theory so there is aural exercises being given. But it is important to demonstrate and integrate the hands on aspect of music theory. Things such as Chord building and analysis, chord identification and rhythm building are all hands on aspects. First the student can build a chord and then listen to what they have created.
A lot of people seem to think that they learn visually, however in my experience sound is at least as important. I'd always make a point of emphasizing sound, perhaps even more than vision.
Wow... What class do you teach that you can incorporate that stuff?
I like to use tibetan drums to help aural learners experience the rhythm of the earth and their own, unique learning style. Each student plays his own special drum and the class dances to their rhythm. By using this technique learners adapt their own style to the others , thus becoming part of the learning 'village'.
I totally agree. There should be a balance in the methods that are presented in order to create a fair holistic experience. Too much of one method becomes mundane. Whichever methods are combined, I am a firm believer that the learners should NEVER stray or be led away from the ultimate goal - learning what is required to be learned in the course.
