Learning when knowledge is presented within the context of its use. Learning through the context of interpersonal communication, sharing, etc. Everyone may be a contextual learner but we all learn by using different styles of learning. These styles of learning were displayed on a chart titled, D.A. Kolb's Learning Styles . Based on the ideas in the chart, Souders suggested that there are different ways of learning and you can not teach to one style and hope to reach all students.
Some students learn by watching and others by doing.
Further, some gain more from feeling and others by thinking. By seeking to understand and respect these learning diversities, educators can develop ways to reach more students. Adjusting lesson plans to touch upon these four learning styles is an important move, but the journey, as we heard from master teacher Pam Fails, is not an easy one. Instead of the well behaved, traditional students who learn from lecture and textbooks, Pam was introduced to the type of student who does not react well to that type of teaching. At first, Pam stated, she resented having to teach to the kinds of students who did not attend her traditionally styled classroom.