What type of learner are you - type-specific seminars and workshops
Have you seen this? Have you heard that? Have you already done that? Statements like these show how someone thinks and learns. For workshop and seminar leaders, knowledge of the different learning types and learning needs is extremely important: kinaesthetic learners need to do. Visual learners need to see. Verbal learners need to talk. Auditory learners need to hear. Scriptorians need to read or write. In any good lesson, learners should therefore alternate between seeing, hearing, writing, reading, talking and doing.
Visual people
Visual people live by the principle: "A picture is worth a thousand words!" The best-selling newspapers in Europe, such as Blick, Bild, Sun and Mirror, are full of pictures. Around 60% of the population are visual people. They need to see. The visual impression is a lasting impression: we need to see in order to understand.
For visual people, an image must also have a certain aesthetic appeal. When someone scratches glass with their fingernail, a kinaesthetic person gets a shiver down their spine, and visual people also feel the same way when something is crooked or two colors don't match. Human intelligence is characterized by the ability to imagine something. This imagining on the inner screen allows us to see things that cannot be seen at all. Adults and especially small children have dreams and nightmares. These visual experiences during sleep can be very real.
Verbal people
Some people love to talk: about 50% of the population talk in order to learn. They repeat tasks, knowledge and facts in endless (self) conversations. They talk to their partners or colleagues and process the learning material in the process. Special insights are told several times and thus memorized. Many insights have been passed down orally throughout history. Legends and stories existed before they were written down.
Auditory people
Auditory people wear an invisible sign on their chest: "I have an open ear for all your worries". They unconsciously radiate calm and familiarity. Because they are very good listeners, they don't talk much and are therefore ideal contacts for reporting worries. Only around 5-7% of the population have the gift of effortless listening. They don't even have to concentrate to listen and understand - it comes easily to them.
Scriptorian people
Scriptorian people need to read and write. We recognize them by the fact that they always have something to write with them. They love nice pens, pads and especially books. About 4% of the population are "natural" scriptorians, for others it is an acquired (necessary) skill. Because our knowledge and, if you like, our intelligence has evolved through language and, as a result, writing, Scriptorian people have the opportunity to learn anything they want to learn through the pleasure of reading and writing.
Catering to all types of learners
Learners have different learning abilities. For this reason, seminar and workshop leaders need to adapt their techniques. In any good lesson, learners should therefore alternate between seeing, hearing, writing, reading, talking and doing. Diversity makes all the difference!
