Learning Styles are Suspect

Educators have been propogating the notion that there is such a thing as learning styles and that if we know our students learning styles we can crack the learning code.  Maybe not!  To shed new light on this whole notion of learning styles check out a seven minute video from Dan Willingham, who's book I highly recommended on this blog during the summer, who will challenge your notion on learning styles.  It is worth the time, especially the reason learnnig styles seem to work, when there is no scientific evidence to support it.  If no time to see the video, here is the bottom line according to Willingham, "Good teaching is good teaching and teachers do not need to adjust their teaching to individual student's learning styles."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIv9rz2NTUk

Also check out his clarification on not needing to teach to individual learning styles if not convinced:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKkHiAA3xu0