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Learning styles among geography undergraduates: an international comparison
Author(s) -
Healey Mick,
Kneale Pauline,
Bradbeer John
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
area
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2005.00600.x
Subject(s) - learning styles , style (visual arts) , diversity (politics) , matching (statistics) , curriculum , mathematics education , cognitive style , experiential learning , range (aeronautics) , pedagogy , psychology , sociology , geography , engineering , anthropology , medicine , cognition , archaeology , pathology , neuroscience , aerospace engineering
Growing diversity is focusing attention on the range of different student learning styles. This study assesses whether geographers have a predominant learning style and whether this varies between and within countries. The findings are based on over 900 geography students from 12 universities in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the US, who completed Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (LSI). The implications for curriculum design and student learning strategies are discussed. It is suggested that departments should aim to produce balanced learners with a full range of learning capacities rather than simply matching teaching to existing learning styles.