Hi and thanks to all of you who contacted me after my last post. Great that you got in touch. Here then is the last of the emails relating to the primary senses. I have covered Visual and Auditory so this week let’s have get a handle on Kinaesthetic.
In itself it’s not an easy word to get to grips with. It’s root is Greek, kinein+aesthesis and denotes the sensory experience derived from movement and tensions. Put simply those who have a strong Kinaesthetic preference prefer to learn by doing/moving/touching. They love to learn by direct involvement and to touch and experience things. Kinesthetic learners do best when they can move their body and are often tapping their feet or “drumming” as they take in information. They are truly “hands on” learners.
Often, people with a strong Kinaesthetic preference have good coordination and a strong sense of rhythm. Chances are that if you have a strong kinaesthetic preference then you will need to take frequent breaks when you are trying g to take in information because just sitting is not playing to your preference. Listening to long lectures without some other sensory input is unlikely to engage you!
So do you have a Kinaesthetic preference? How do you feel about it? Is this something you need to get to grips with?
Whatever your personal preference it makes sense to try and play to your strengths. With VAK most people have a clear first, second and third preference. So to maximise your leaning potential why not align your learning to your own preferred combination?
Next week I will be looking at the idea of different intelligences and exploring the fascinating work of Dr Howard Gardner.
MAY
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Phil has over thirty years working in key management roles with particular expertise in Finance, Sales, Service, Teamworking, Culture Change and Performance Management. For more than twenty years he was involved in the very demanding Corporate Banking world. He has hosted and facilitated conferences for large organisations on a Europe wide basis. He is a qualified psychometric assessor for staff recruitment and MBTi qualified. He is an NLP Practitioner. In addition Phil is an accredited deliverer of “Celemi” Business Simulations. He has a real skill in taking complex concepts and models and bringing these to life. He has designed and implemented Learning and Development programmes into major organisations and now works in design and delivery of “Attitudinal Based Learning” and “Accelerated Learning”. Loves: Time with family and friends, Real Beer, Music, Walking - particularly along the coast.