Eakin, Davis, Parker, and Eilander 1990

Eakin, Lucille, Patricia M. Davis, Stephen Parker, and Cornelia N. Eilander. 1990. "Estilos de aprendizaje y algunas sugerencias para la enseñanza bilingüe intercultural ." [Learning styles and some suggestions for bilingual intercultural instruction]. In Wise 1990a.

Traditional knowledge among preliterate groups is transmitted orally from parents and elders to children through myths, legends, and beliefs. Generations learn survival skills by observation and imitation. Presents various learning methods observed among students of different cultures. Suggests adaptations for relating formal classroom learning to traditional systems of informal learning among students of the Peruvian rain forest. Various authors discuss

• learning styles
• typical characteristics of learning styles
• learning strategies, and
• traditional teaching of the tropical rain forest.

Gives suggestions for application. Lists 10 practical ways to apply traditional learning methods to avoid student and teacher frustration and to support intercultural bilingual education.

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