Students have different levels of motivation, different perceptions, attitudes and different responses to learning. Teachers should understand these differences and their pedagogical implications. Accordingly, teachers have to adapt their teaching styles. To be more effective in imparting education, teachers must know their own learning style to enhance the learning of others. This article discusses various learning style preferences pertaining to individual learners and how to match teaching style with the learning styles of the individuals.

Teachers are facing greater challenges in teaching in the present educational system. They need to know what style of teaching is suitable for the students. Ultimately, the teacher needs to know or diagnose appropriate learning style for an individual or a group of students. While designing the learning methodology for the students, the teachers or trainers have to be aware of the implications of learning styles on the individual learners. A greater responsibility lies with the teacher while designing the learning process for the students.

Students' learning becomes more effective when they acquire knowledge from more than one style of learning. Therefore, teachers or trainers should use various combinations of methods - both audio and non-audio.

The ways and preferences of learning in a particular way is called learning style. People pick up this style, based on psychological aspects. These include: beliefs, values, attitudes and cultural factors. The hierarchical system of values decides the learning style of the individual.

The most effective learning comes only through the way one learns new things. Individual preferred learning styles help one to achieve this. There is a need to create a balance between the existing and newly acquired learning style(s).

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