Advantages & Disadvantages of Different Learning Styles

Different Learning Style:

Your learning style is the approach you imbibe and comprehend information. There are different types of learners depend on how their brain works, there are four types of learners.

1. Visual

2. Auditory 

3. Kinesthetic

4. Read/Write

Each of the learners have their own skills, advantages and disadvantages, as a teacher you should know these skills well to identify your learners and their needs. 

1. Visual Learner:

Visual learners are the learners who can only learn well which is linked to visual aids e.g. videos, pictures, texts, illustration, diagram, DVDs etc. They grasp and understand easily to their subjects when they visual it, moreover they are the best presenter, researcher of the group. 

Advantages:

• Makes recollection easier.
• An environment different from where you had learned the information.
• The learner better understands and retains information when ideas, words and  concepts are associated with images.                                               

Disadvantage:

• Difficult to provide texts or speeches with visual aids.

 2. Auditory Learner:

Auditory learners are the learners who would prefer to learn with listening and hearing. To learn such students would like to listen discussions, debate, talks, textbooks in the from of audio etc. They learn more quickly with listening compare to visual and other learning styles. 

Advantage:

• The learner can comprehend and retain information without seeing the texts or pictures.  

Disadvantage:

• Difficult for other learners when the volume is high. 

3. Kinesthetic Learner:

Kinesthetic learners are the learners who like to learns everything through moving and practical work and touching. They always learn well through hands on experiments, taking an information as they move from place to place, moreover they do not like to sit on a particular place to learn. 

Advantages: 

• Exposing learners faster to practice and evidence.
• learn more by doing practice.

Disadvantage:

• If you do not have place to move or nobody to interact with. 

4. Read and Write Learner:

Read and write learners are the learners who learn through writing down notes or reading the texts as you hear, see, or read. 

Advantages:

• Make the learner more self-independent.
• Learns more on their own.

Disadvantage:

• Do not learn easily where the only medium of instruction is visual or audio.