I saw this post in a different thread and I have seen this discussed a bit in other threads. However, I would like to examine this further and see what we can do to improve training.
I am familiar with some of these modalities, but not all. I added one more category, "visual", on the list which I highlighted in blue. Some might argue that spatial is the same as visual. I think there is a difference. There might be other modalities not listed. How can these be used within martial arts training? What do you do? Let's share ideas.
- Ceicei
tradrockrat said:There is a WHOLE LOT of research and theories about learning modalities out there for an instructor to educate him or herself with.
A good teacher wil use all modalities in his / her lesson plans - and BTW, if your instructor doesn't have lessons planned in advance, they are wasting your time - literally, as they come up with off the cuff activities and repetitive exercises that don't build on previous training.
A brilliant man named Gardner listed and defined several learning modalities that we as educators need to account for in our teaching style.
They are:
linguistic
logical
musical
spatial
kinesthetic
interpersonal
intrapersonal
naturalist
visual
If you are an instructor, and don't know the definition of these learning modalities and cannot recognize them in your students, I challenge you to educate yourself on them. You will find that they greatly help in your every day teaching.
I am familiar with some of these modalities, but not all. I added one more category, "visual", on the list which I highlighted in blue. Some might argue that spatial is the same as visual. I think there is a difference. There might be other modalities not listed. How can these be used within martial arts training? What do you do? Let's share ideas.
- Ceicei