Potencialidades de los estilos de aprendizaje en la enseñanza de la física

Abstract

The main objective of this paper was to analyze the impact of considering the learning styles theory through the model by Honey and Mumford, in the designing process about physics teaching for a high school course in Bogotá. It is mixed type research; quantitative to the identification of student's learning styles through the “Test Honey-Alonso”, and qualitative in the development of a teaching strategy. Data was taken and analyzed from the perspective of discourse analysis. In general, we found that students have all learning styles with different levels of presence. We also found this perspective offers three potentialities: 1) Diversify strategies for physics teaching, since as, by proposing multiple activities where the students felt included and therefore participated and debated, 2)The construction of explanatory mental models, since the students manifested their ways of understanding and explaining, and 3)The characterization of the students for a better orientation since, identified the students' learning styles, it is possible to contribute to strengthening those in which they were low.