Learning styles

I must admit that I don't like this subject as much as most teachers do, because it tries to label students into a set style. Although there are tendencies (my own observation), I do not see all students falling nicely into categories or styles. In this area of study we are looking at the following ideas from several psychologists. In no particular order they are

Fleming's (VARK) modalities 

David A Kolb’s Experimental Learning Theory

Myer-Briggs

Etc. The problem comes in when you wish to look at more than one theory at a time. You will notice that I did not mention anything about multiple intelligence or some of the other theories in the forums. I don't think it is as important to label the student with one of these categories as it is to be aware that there are these tendencies in students and thus be able to offer them education based on their preferences in their tendencies. Just as we did a report on introverts being a factor in training, A kinaesthetic learner will find more value in a tactile or hands on approach to learning. This does not mean they will not be able to learn from reading a book or listening to an audio, but that they will have their best results from their preferred tendencies.

With respect to the person that bought up emotional intelligence in the class, I think this a factor in learning, but I do not think this is a learning style per say. Sure there are some that will not learn because of a deficiency in some aspects of their emotional intelligence, but that is not a life long tendency for the student, and they could just become more mature in the future.