Multisensory teaching and learning (VAK) with NLP

What is this course about?

The basic tenet of multisensory teaching and learning is that we are all different. What we teachers need is the knowledge and the flexibility to adapt to the different students that we have and their assorted learning styles. Some people filter information through what they see, others through what they hear and others through what they touch, smell, taste or feel. We call these VISUAL, AUDITORY and KINAESTHETIC learners. When we teachers teach only using our own preferred style, and neglect the others, chances are two-thirds of our audience will lose the message, because we are not tuning in to their channels. The idea of this course is to widen the possibilities, open our perception so that we can communi-cate with virtually anybody.

What are the course objectives?

• To identify the characteristics of the different sensory learning channels.
• To explore their usefulness in learning.
• To give the participants the opportunity to learn practical ideas for handling the mixture of visual, auditory and kinaesthetic learners found in any classroom.
• To learn how to adapt materials and activities to suit all learning styles.
• To give participants practice in tailoring their lesson plans to give balance to all sensory channels.

Who is this course for?

Any teacher or student teacher who wants to improve the way they com-municate with their students and develop an understanding of the differ-ent sensory channels, exploring new tools and models for communication and learning through high quality training and assessment.

How long is the course?

Four weeks.

Contents:

Module 1
• Introduction to Neuro Linguistic Programming.
• Celebrating Differences.
• The senses.
• Presuppositions for learning.

Module 2
• Sensory Channel Preferences.
• How we can learn using the senses.
• Lead system.
• Storage and memory.
• Detecting student preferences in sensory channel use.

Module 3
• V.A.K. activities in class.
• Making learning memorable.
• Anchors.
• Relevance.

Module 4
• Language as influenced by the senses.
• The multisensory teacher: putting V.A.K. into action.