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Implications of Learning Styles across Cultures
Research has been carried out to determine the relationship that exists between learning styles and culture. There is a notion that psychologists have researched on for a very long time yet, no conclusive facts have been presented. There is logic when it is asserted that people from different backgrounds and cultures employ different styles to learning. These are styles that each group considers to be the most appropriate for teaching its people. As noted by Dunn and Griggs (2008), different styles have been found to be more effective on one group of people while a different one can be embraced by a different group.

In addition to this, children from different backgrounds have been found to possess different intellectual patterns and abilities. For instance, Native American children are considered to have high spatial skills and visual levels; however, they are not that good when it comes to dealing with verbal tests. With such a realization, it does not imply that every Native American child has the same learning ability and capabilities even though it is more common among them when compared to other races (Smith and Evans, 2006).

According to Althen (2004), in addition to this, teachers are not given the limelight to structure the learning process to suite the particular group that is being taught. However, many teachers have identified that the use of various learning styles can be very helpful in creating a rich and diversified classroom environment that can be beneficial to learners.

Learning styles are considered as a two edged sword. Teachers do find the idea very significant especially since it reminds them to expand their teaching spectrums and to keep in mind the individual differences of their students. Teachers by observing the differences in backgrounds and environments of their children, they will come up with the best methodologies of approaching specific class activities to ensure full comprehension by all the learners irrespective of their differences Dunn and Griggs (2008). The learning style should not give undue advantage to any of the learner.