DIFFERENCES OF LEARNING STYLES
Does learning styles between young children and adult learners differ? The answer would probably “yes”. People of different ages have different capabilities or skills. Adult learners have a clear understanding of why they are learning and what they want to get, on the other hand young children have a limited attention spends.
Approximately %70 of children possess spatial learner; “The visualizer”. These kind of children like to draw, look at pictures, build, design and create things, watch movies, play with machines and good at mazes/puzzles, imagining things and charts. However adult learners don’t have to stand especially on activities like puzzles and games. Their conscious can’t work like children whom language acquisition happens naturally. Children keep inform faster than adult. %30 percentage of children who have bodily/ kinaesthetic learning style; move around, touch, talk and use body language. Doing physical activities such as making sports ,dancing, acting occupation that they are good at. They learn best by touching, moving , interacting with space, processing knowledge through bodily sensations. Nevertheless, adult learners use interpersonal learning (The Socializer), they also differ from young children in this learning style. Adults who own socialization style have lots of friends , talk to people, join groups and get used to making presentation. They understand people, lead others, organize something, have good communication skill and mediate conflicts and learn best by sharing, cooperating and interviewing unlike children who need for individual attention and approval from instructor. Intrapersonal learners whose style used by also adults work alone and pursue own interests like business man or assistant. Being original speech is their motto on the contrary of young children in point of their keen to talk about themselves.
As a conclusion, the age indeed determines the learners and controls them. The capacity to learn is a gift, the ability to learn is a skill, the willingness to learn is a choice. Differences of learning style or different educational cultures provide people to different expectations.
