Mccarthy's Learning Style

As I am getting my degree to become a teacher there is one popular theme that is always talked about weather I am interviewing a teacher or if I am sitting in a college class. This theme is, how children all have different unique learning styles and how as teachers those learning styles and needs must be met before they will ever become successful. In this article by Bernice McCarthy, she goes into detail about four students who all have different learning styles. However, they are not dumb or not willing to learn but as Bernice says in her 4MAT system it honors the distinctive style that each student brings to the classroom. The first student we learn about is Linda. Linda is a type one learner. They are highly imaginative student who favors …show more content…
Although as we have learned about all these learners have many different varieties and shades that sit before a teacher, and most of these are somewhat challenging. But as stated in the article, “Why does a type two learner seem to fare so well in school, while a type one, three and four learn are struggling to be accepted? There are many reasons that Bernice has come up with that should really help each and every student fare well no matter what there learning style might be. She says that a student must be assessed, and not just some parts of the student but the whole student. We need to assessment tools that help us understand the whole student. We must assess the students’ ability to picture the concept, to experiment with the idea and to adapt and integrate learning. And then we as teachers need to aim for balance and wholeness. Teachers do not need to label learner according to their style, they need to help them work for balance and wholeness. All learners need encouragement to grow. Learning is reflective and active, non-verbal and verbal, concrete and abstract, head and heart. The more students that can travel the cycle of learning, the better the chance they have of moving to a higher level of