Identifying learning style of graduate students majoring in anti-aging and regenerative sciences

摘要

Educational researchers postulate that every individual has a different learning style. Students have preferences for the ways in which they receive information. One of the most challenges that anti-aging educator in Thailand is improving the level of anti-aging and regenerative science student satisfaction with the curriculum and learning environment. To determine whether a particular teaching method might enhance student satisfaction with the learning process, a learning preferences survey linked to sensory modalities was given to anti-aging and regenerative science students at School of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine, Mae Fah Luang University, Bangkok, Thailand. The survey called VARK was applied in order to identify student's preferences for particular modes of information presentation. The purpose of this descriptive study was thus to determine the learning style and measure the distribution of learning preference mean scores of the anti-aging and regenerative science students and note any significant differences among classes and gender determined using 53 students. According to the VARK questionnaire, students were divided into five groups e.g., visual, auditory, read-write, kinesthetic, and multimodal learners. The unimodality preference was 35.10 % and multimodality was 64.9 %. Among the students who preferred one mode of information presentation, 35.05 % were kinesthetic, 34.26 % were auditory, 8.25 % were visual, and 22.44 % were read-write learners, respectively. Some students preferred multiple modes: bimodal (32.45 %), trimodal (23.84 %), and quadmodal (8.61 %), respectively. Anti-aging and regenerative science students preferred kinesthetic learning at a higher percentage than other modes. Introducing the VARK survey can provide a vehicle for self-knowledge and to explore opportunities for making the anti-aging and regenerative science educational experience both more productive and enjoyable for students and faculty members.