Es impresionante la cantidad de personas que aun creen en los estilos de aprendizaje, y que desconocen las diversas críticas de las que este concepto ha sido objeto. He escrito varias veces sobre este tema en este blog. Ahora solo quiero recomendar este artículo, que aborda la problemática existente con el concepto y con el modo de enseñarlo en la universidad.

El artículo se llama The Scientific Status of Learning Styles Theories, es de Daniel T. Willingham, Elizabeth M. Hughes y David G. Dobolyi y apareció en Teaching of Psychology, 42, 3, del año 2015.

El abstract del artículo dice lo siguiente:

Theories of learning styles suggest that individuals think and learn best in different ways. These are not differences of ability but rather preferences for processing certain types of information or for processing information in certain types of way. If accurate, learning styles theories could have important implications for instruction because student achievement would be a product of the interaction of instruction and the student’s style. There is reason to think that people view learning styles theories as broadly accurate, but, in fact, scientific support for these theories is lacking. We suggest that educators’ time and energy are better spent on other theories that might aid instruction.