Tailor- made teaching
TAYLOR’S International Schools believe that all children are special and born with tremendous potential.
It is the job of educators to find, nurture and develop students’ talents. Therefore, how do educators teach to enable children to fulfil their potentials?
There is an easy perception that educating children is best done in the way that is most natural to the teacher. The perception is that if the teacher is comfortable with a certain way of teaching, the child will be better behaved and learn more effectively.
However, this is not the case. Just as all teachers are different in the way they teach, they also face different types of learners in the classroom.
Taylor’s International Schools understand that some children learn more successfully aurally, some visually and some kinaesthetically.
There are also learners who are fixed learners and those who are growth learners. Fixed learners believe that “they are the way they are” and have fixed intelligence while growth learners believe that intelligence and learning can be developed.
If an educator teaches children in only one way, with one perception of the kind of learners his or her students are, then not all the children can access the educator’s teaching in the best possible way.
A lesson that is taught with only one style of learning in mind can often result in children who are bored, uninterested or unchallenged.
Aural learners understand more naturally through listening to instructions, debating and hearing other’s ideas.
Visual learners need to see something written down or physically write it down to fully understand a lesson.
Kinaesthetic learners often find it difficult to learn through listening or reading.
They need to explore a situation and make sense of it by doing something physical that embodies those ideas.
The challenge for educators is to successfully teach many students at the same time by incorporating teaching techniques that are suited to three main types of learners in one lesson or activity.
For a teacher who is a visual learner, the challenge is to break out of his or her own comfort zone and be able to teach in a variety of ways that enable every individual in the class to access the curriculum.
Understanding this concept, the teaching staff at Taylor’s International Schools ensures that all learning styles of the children under their care are taken into consideration during the planning and teaching of lessons.
The schools prioritise the individuality of every child, striving to provide the best learning environments that enable students to be challenged in reaching their potential as wellrounded, passionate lifelong learners and purposeful leaders who are one step ahead of the rest.
For more information about Taylor’s International Schools’ Kuala Lumpur campus, call 03- 9200 9898 or e- mail admissions@ kl. tis. edu. my. For the Puchong campus, call 03- 5879 5000 or e- mail admissions@ pc. tis. edu. my