To learn in different ways : A study about how teachers relate to students different learning styles

The intention with my study is to examine how teachers in school relate to the concept of learning styles and how they define an individualized education that focus on students’ different learning abilities. My intention is also to raise their thoughts about what they think the benefits and the deficits may be with an individualized education that focuses on students’ individual ways to learn. My study is based on the empiric material I have collected from interviews with five teachers, whom all worked in grade three. To analyze and discuss the interview answers I have had to my help Dunn-, Kolbs- and Gardners theories about peoples different learning abilities and learning styles. The conclusions I have made from the results of the study is that almost all the respondents reason all the same about students different learning styles. They all agree about that every student has the right to get an education that matches their learning abilities. Despite that I can see some differences in how they define an education that suits individual learning styles and how they teach in their classrooms. Every person has individual ways to take in information, individual ways how they learn and respond to different learning situations and it is important that all teachers see, notice and guide every student to make the schoolwork and learning situations meaningful.