Exploring Learning Styles: Developing a Flexible Teaching Approach. (Pedagogy Saturday VI).

Exploring Learning Styles: Developing a Flexible Teaching Approach. (Pedagogy Saturday VI). The sixth annual Pedagogy Saturday was titled "ExploringLearning Styles: Developing A Flexible Teaching Approach." Thisall-day event was devoted to an in-depth study of how different studentslearn, and how to reflect those differences in our teaching approaches.For most teachers, the "default" teaching style is acombination of how we were taught and our own learning style. With somestudents, this can be quite successful; but many of our students willhave a different learning style than us, and we must learn how to adjustour approach. Pedagogy Saturday VI addressed this issue from theviewpoints of both learning styles and child development. The opening session was a high-energy presentation by Earl Oremus,the headmaster of Marburn Academy, a school especially designed forchildren with learning differences such as dyslexia dyslexia(dĭslĕk`sēə), in psychology, a developmental disability in reading or spelling, generally becoming evident in early schooling. To a dyslexic, letters and words may appear reversed, e.g. and AD/HD. Oremusexplained how teachers could use his intuitive/non-intuitive learnerconcept to create successful learning experiences for theirnon-intuitive students. This was followed by two sets of four concurrentbreakout sessions presented by experts in the field of childdevelopment: Kenneth Guilmartin, The Very Young Beginner; Donna BrinkFox, The Elementary-Aged Student; Kim Dolgin, The Adolescent Student;and Judith Piercy, The College Student. Following the lunchtime roundtable discussions, moderated by Tom Pearsall, Educational PsychologistKeith Golay presented the "Temperament Teaching Model." Thismodel described how to increase student achievement by teaching totemperament-based learning styles. In this session participantsidentified their own personality type and explored the implications ithad for teaching and learning. The next session returned to the childdevelopment theme: Two concurrent sets of panelists watched video clips A short video presentation. of teaching situations and then commented on the teaching and learningstyles that were apparent. We then returned in plenary session Plenary session is a term often used in s to define the part of the conference when all members of all parties are in attendance.These sessions may contain a broad range of content from Keynotes to Panel Discussions and are not necessarily related to a specific style of delivery. to watchGolay react to several video clips of teachers and students, to learnhow he classified the learning and teaching styles presented. The dayconcluded with a joyous celebration of successful teaching with aperformance by the Starling starling,any of a group of originally Old World birds that have become distributed worldwide. Starlings were brought to New York in 1890; since then the common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) has spread throughout North America. Chamber Orchestra Noun 1. chamber orchestra - small orchestra; usually plays classical musicorchestra - a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players from the University ofCincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Its origins come from two sources: the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, formed in 1867 as part of a girls' finishing school, and the College of Music of Cincinnati, which opened in 1878. . We are delighted to bring you the sessions by Golay and many of thespecial speakers. You will read commentaries by professional teachersand pedagogy students, with their reactions and reflections on thesessions, and highlights of the lunchtime discussions. Rebecca Rischinhas written a summary report of the entire day. The Pedagogy Saturday Committee is grateful to all the participantsof Pedagogy Saturday VI--the speakers, teachers, panelists,commentators, moderators and the wonderful audience--all of whom made itsuch an exciting and successful day. Our heartfelt thanks go to MarcieGerrietts Lindsey, MTNA MTNA Music Teachers National AssociationMTNA Middle Tennessee Nursery Association (McMinnville, Tennessee)director of communications Director of Communications is a position in the private and public sectors. The Director of Communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. , and the rest of theMTNA communications staff for their tireless work producing theseProceedings. Sincere thanks also go to Jennifer Martin Jennifer Martin is an American voice actress who provides the voice of Ms. Sara Bellum, who is the Mayor of Townsville's assistant, in the Cartoon Network animated television series The PowerPuff Girls. , MTNA director ofmeetings and special projects, for her extensive and invaluable helpplanning Pedagogy Saturday. We hope this publication will allow manyteachers and students who were unable to attend the actual sessions tobenefit from the thinking of this unique network of music teachers. --Rebecca Grooms Johnson, NCTM NCTM National Council of Teachers of MathematicsNCTM Nationally Certified Teacher of MusicNCTM North Carolina Transportation MuseumNCTM National Capital Trolley MuseumNCTM Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage Chair, Pedagogy Committee