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1. “The VAK model is the way in which each learner
begins to concentrate on, process and retain new and
difficult information”. – Rita Dunn

2.  Introduction
 Learning Styles
 Visual Learners
 Auditory Learners
 Kinaesthetic Learners
 Conclusion

3.  The visual-auditory-kinaesthetic (VAK) model is a
method created by Fleming which help us to know our
dominant or preferred learning style
 The model is based on our senses and the three
primary modalities used to represent information,
with the idea being that one will usually dominate
 Children and everybody in general tend to learn
through 3 different kinds of learning styles

4.  VAK means:
 Visual Style
 Auditory Style
 Kinaesthetic Style
You see it!
You hear it!
You do it!

5.  Visual learners tend to:
 Learn through seeing
 Think in pictures and need to create vivid mental images to
retain information
 Enjoy looking at maps, charts, pictures, videos, and movies
 Have visual skills which are demonstrated in puzzle building,
reading, writing, understanding charts and graphs, sketching,
painting, fixing, designing practical objects…

6.  Encourage visual learners
to:
 Use graphics to reinforce
learning
 Colour code to organise
 Illustrate ideas as a picture
before writing them down
 Ask for written directions
notes and possessions
 Use flow charts and
 Use colour to highlight
diagrams for note taking
important points in text
 Visualise spelling of words
 Take notes
or facts to be memorised

8.  Auditory learners tend to:
 Learn through listening
 Have highly developed auditory skills and are generally good
at speaking and presenting
 Think in words rather than pictures
 Learn best through verbal lectures, discussions, talking things
through and listening to what others have to say
 Have auditory skills demonstrated in listening, writing,
explaining, using humour, remembering information,
arguing their point of view…

9.  Encourage auditory learners to:
 Read aloud
 Recite information to learn
 Use tunes or rhymes as mnemonic devices
 Read aloud and tape test questions or directions
 Use verbal analogies and storytelling to demonstrate
their point

10. I’ve to
argue
that!
Hello…

11.  Kinaesthetic learners tend to:
 Learn through moving, doing and touching
 Express themselves through movement
 Have good sense of balance and eye-hand coordination
 Remember and process information through interacting with
the space around them
 Find it hard to sit still for long periods and may become
distracted by their need for activity and exploration
 Have skills demonstrated in physical coordination, athletic
ability, hands on experimentation, using body language, acting,
using their hands to create or build, dancing,

12.  Encourage kinaesthetic learners to:
 Make models or role play to physically experience learning
 Skim through reading material before reading it in detail
 Annotate text and write questions while reading
 Translate information into diagrams or other visual study
tools
 Recite a list of items by counting on fingers
 Memorise or drill while moving e.g. when walking
 Listen to music while studying

14.  The validity of the VAK model as well as other learning
style theories has been questioned and criticized
extensively
 Despite the criticism and lack of empirical support,
the VAK model remains fairly popular among both
students and educators
 Although we have a sense more developed than other
we can make use of a mixture of different learning
styles

15. “Develop your senses... realise that
everything connects to everything else”.
- Leonardo Davinci
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