7 - Learning Strategies

Definition: Learning strategies concern the strategies adopted both by the teacher and the student to optimize the learning process, adapting the teaching and learning ways to their needs and conditions. According to Ekwensi, Moranski, & Townsend-Sweet (2006), the “learning strategies determine the approach for achieving the learning objectives (…). The strategies are usually tied to the needs and interests of students to enhance learning and are based on many types of learning styles”.

 

Comment: The use of learning strategies is completely valid because you have to adapt the classes to the students needs, ages, feelings. Its is a way to optimize the time you spend in class.

 

References:

NISBET, J.; SHUCKSMITH, J. Learning strategies. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1986.

EKWENSI, F., MORANSKI, J., & TOWNSEND-SWEET, M. E-Learning Concepts and techniques. Institute for Interactive Technologies, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, USA. 2006.

Diponível em: http://iit.bloomu.edu/Spring2006_eBook_files/ebook_spring2006.pdf

Acesso em: 2 jul 2010.

 

More Sources:

Macmillan English Dictionary for ELT Terms:

http://www.macmillandictionaries.com/glossaries/definitions/j-l.htm

 

Learning Strategies - Media, Strategies, & Methods:

http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/strategy.html

 

Teaching and Learning Strategies

http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/front_strategies.html