Chapter Seven

My theory of learning is indefinable. There is no ‘right’ way to learn and thus no ‘right’ way to teach. Each person needs different things to successfully learn. My personal theory on learning involves movement. Children are not known for sitting still, they are known for movement, actions, questions, “me do” (the hands on technique) with mouths and hands and feet all going a mile-a-minute and during all of this they do not miss a thing! I believe in learning centers, learning through play/movement/games and I believe in exploration time. I think that Gardiner’s theories of multiple intelligences need to be taken into account and in that the classroom needs to represent as many of them as possible. I believe that learning is diverse and flexible and teachers should work to be the same.