Course Objectives

ED312 - Teaching to the Learning Styles of Allied Health Students

Have you been frustrated in your allied health classes when students don't "get it"? Have you tried repeatedly to teach a difficult student and it didn't seem to work? Sometimes it is a difference in learning styles that creates this misunderstanding. In this themed course, you will learn the eight different learning styles of your health students as well as how to teach to them in a variety of practical ways that are fast, easy and effective. This course follows an interesting "fairy tale format," with several characters you will meet here and may see in your classroom.


Module 1: Operationalizing Educational Theory in Your Classes

  • Discuss the theory of multiple intelligences.
  • Compare the first four of the eight frames of mind.
  • Contrast four additional frames of mind.
  • Analyze some interactive methods to teach a variety of learners with different learning styles.

Module 2: Make Educational Theory Relevant in Your Classes

  • Describe the theory of multiple intelligences.
  • Compare and contrast the final four of the eight frames of mind.
  • Analyze sample teaching methods that appeal to different styles of learners.
  • Discuss how each mode of thinking has specific ways it finds easiest to learn.

Module 3: How to Assess and Utilize a Learner's Favorite Frame of Mind

  • Use a quick assessment technique to determine which frame of mind is the favorite of a learner.
  • Compare ways to use a variety of methods to reach diverse students.
  • Discuss the relationship between how one learns a hobby versus how one learns in school.
  • Analyze why one wants to personalize teaching to student need.

Module 4: Follow-up Plans for Student Learning

  • Discuss the importance of the learning process from start to finish.
  • Compare a variety of ways to get the learners to continue learning after class time is over.
  • Describe a way to connect with students by email for follow-up after class is over.
  • List the benefits of an email postcard.
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