Teaching Around the 4MAT Cycle is a fascinating book describing different learning styles. I posted a blog article describing the Learning Cycle.
The 4MAT Learning Cycle can be seen like a clock with 4 quadrants.
We begin at the top at 12:00 and move to the right for Quadrant One, the “I” quadrant, in which something is happening to the person’s feelings (page 17 of the above book). The teacher is responsible for connecting the activities to the student’s past experiences. The focus is on the student. It is a feeling and sharing time in which the student is connecting and remembering: “I know how that feels” or “I have been there myself.”
Then we continue moving around to the right of the 4MAT Cycle to 3:00 to Quadrant Two, the “They” quadrant. “They” are the experts, the facts and information (page 18). This is a listening time. The teacher is responsible for making sure all the students get it by telling it in multiple ways using visual and verbal methods.
Check out this book; it’s a great study and guide to becoming an expert teacher.
