Visual Teaching in an Auditory World

Friday, Nov. 2, 8:30am-12:30pm, Milam 215

Presented by Dr. Joanna Kaakinen and Dr. Ellyn Arwood of the University of Portland.

Please join us on Friday, November 2 for this stimulating presentation and demonstration on Visual Teaching in an Auditory World. 

Today’s learners mirror societal change; 60 to 90% of the population thinks with mental visual language. Teaching strategies have not kept up with these changes. As a result more learners experience difficulty with higher order thinking skills. To address this problem, Dr. Kaakinen, a nurse educator, collaborated with Dr. Arwood, an educator with a language/learning background. The results of their multi-disciplinary collaboration included innovative teaching strategies designed for visual thinkers.  

The purpose of this presentation is threefold:

• to offer innovative teaching ideas grounded in neurobiological learning theory
• to demonstrate how higher order thinking strategies, based on lower order knowledge, assist visual thinkers
• to share “teaching strategies” developed to meet the learning needs of visual thinkers

 Pre registration is required by Tues., Oct. 30.

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