THE ROLE OF STUDENT LEARNING PROFILES IN SUSTAINING FOREIGN LANGUAGE DIFFERENTIATED TEACHING

Authors

  • Raluca POP The Department of the Didactics of Social Sciences and Humanities, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. raluca.petrus@ubbcluj.ro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbpsyped.2017.2.03

Keywords:

differentiated learning, student learning profile, content, process, product, learning styles.

Abstract

This paper intended to yield relevant insight into the usefulness of creating student learning profiles in the context of delivering meaningful personalized instruction. In order to point out the applicability of such student learning profiles in differentiated instruction we have chosen the context of English language teaching as part of a Pre-service teacher training course. The quantitative research that has been conducted indicated that a student learning profile could provide the teacher with valuable insight into students’ interest, motivation, learning styles and preferred type of intelligence.

Die Rolle der Studenten Lernprofile in nachhaltiger Fremdsprache differenzierter Lehren. Dieses Dokument soll relevante Einsichten in die Nützlichkeit der Erstellung von Lernprofilen für Studenten im Zusammenhang mit dem Erreichen eines sinnvollen individuellen Unterrichts vermitteln. Um die Anwendbarkeit solcher Lernprofile in differenzierter Ausbildung aufzuzeigen, haben wir den Kontext des Englischunterrichts im Rahmen eines Lehrerfortbildungskurses ausgewählt. Die durchgeführte quantitative Forschung weist darauf hin, dass ein Lernprofil für Studenten dem Lehrer wertvolle Einblicke in das Interesse, die Motivation, die Lernstile und die bevorzugte Art der Intelligenz dem Studenten vermitteln könnte.

 Schlüsselwörter: differenziertes Lernen, Lernprofil der Studenten, Inhalt, Prozess, Produkt, Lernstile.

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Published

2017-12-30

How to Cite

POP, R. (2017). THE ROLE OF STUDENT LEARNING PROFILES IN SUSTAINING FOREIGN LANGUAGE DIFFERENTIATED TEACHING. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Psychologia-Paedagogia, 62(2), 55–76. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbpsyped.2017.2.03

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