Learning Styles and Methods/Strategies of Teaching: Difference between Method and Strategy of Teaching

Abstract

This paper is about the need to understand and the importance of learning style and teaching methods/strategies. These days the students are not considered as an empty vessel to be filled in by facts and figures. They are now exposed to so many media and materials, getting learning experiences from all sides. It is very important for the teacher to know about the learner learning style and accordingly make use of the different methods of teaching in the class. In the classroom, it consists of students who learn best in different learning style. The questions that I want to put before us is- what method should we use for different types of a learner in our class? Are we teaching the students keeping in mind about the learner learning style? What type of learner is benefiting in our class and do we need innovation our teaching methods in our class? The teacher needs to understand that every student learns differently and difference in learning so that one can employ the best method and practices strategies in daily activities. Psychologically it is important to impart education to the students according to their interest, needs, and potentialities. In every classroom, we encounter with different types of students in regard to intelligence, emotion, social culture and so on. The teacher needs to understand that every student learns differently and difference in learning so that one can implement the best method and practices strategies in daily activities. Learning Styles technically refer to an individual's preferential way in which the students Learning Styles technically refer to an individual's preferential way in which the students absorb, processes, comprehends and retains information. Methods and teaching strategy have the same objectives I. e bringing desirable change in the behaviour of the learner. However, they differ in a certain respect. So the difference is discussed in this paper. Teaching-learning is very crucial in the process of education. To be an efficient teacher one has to know about the different styles of learning and methods /strategies of teaching to cater to the needs of the students. So through this paper we get to refresh about the learning style, methods /strategies of teaching. It is well-known fact that all teaching methods /strategies are integrated by the teacher in the class activities. But what is most important is that teachers need to be careful while implementing, so it is important to have a clear-cut idea on the learner learning style and methods /strategies and make plans to bring innovation in the teaching learning.