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Learning styles in education and training: problems, politicisation and potential

Learning styles in education and training: problems, politicisation and potential
Learning styles in education and training: problems, politicisation and potential
Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to introduce a selection of papers from the 10th Annual European Learning Styles Information Network Conference.

Design/methodology/approach
– The paper looks at problems, developments in the application of style and potential styles for practice in the area of cognitive and learning styles in education and training practice, with a brief look at the papers within this issue.

Findings
– The paper finds that each of the papers presented here raises a number of pertinent issues which are significant in the ongoing debate regarding the value of cognitive and learning styles in education and training practice. These are presented in the form of ten key messages.

Originality/value
– The paper presents a useful insight into the problems, politicisation and potential of learning styles in education and training.
0040-0912
77-83
Sadler‐Smith, Eugene
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Evans, Carol
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Sadler‐Smith, Eugene
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Evans, Carol
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Sadler‐Smith, Eugene and Evans, Carol (2006) Learning styles in education and training: problems, politicisation and potential. Education and Training, 48 (2/3), 77-83. (doi:10.1108/00400910610651728).

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Abstract

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to introduce a selection of papers from the 10th Annual European Learning Styles Information Network Conference.

Design/methodology/approach
– The paper looks at problems, developments in the application of style and potential styles for practice in the area of cognitive and learning styles in education and training practice, with a brief look at the papers within this issue.

Findings
– The paper finds that each of the papers presented here raises a number of pertinent issues which are significant in the ongoing debate regarding the value of cognitive and learning styles in education and training practice. These are presented in the form of ten key messages.

Originality/value
– The paper presents a useful insight into the problems, politicisation and potential of learning styles in education and training.

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Published date: 2006
Organisations: Southampton Education School

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Local EPrints ID: 373899
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/373899
ISSN: 0040-0912
PURE UUID: 061be14c-818b-4c2a-ae06-c9711118cbbd

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Date deposited: 29 Jan 2015 15:17
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 18:59

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Author: Eugene Sadler‐Smith
Author: Carol Evans

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