There is a very old saying that undercuts a lot of the type of learning styles he mostly discusses : "Hear it and forget it, see it and remember it, do it and learn it"; which is mostly concerned with the student's interaction with the material. I am very poor at learning material aurally, but I have noticed that even people who can respond more effectively to aurally presented information still seem to have more trouble remembering that information than things visually presented.
Also, he claims that no learning styles theories are well supported; but I have used learning style theories based on 2 different bases that seem to help. First is groupers vs stringers (see Lewis and Greene's "Thinking Better", 1982), some people seem to learn better by encountering small groups of related facts simultaneously, while others absorb one at a time like beads on a string more easily. Second, is whether you begin with lots of details and build up to an overview of the subject, or start with an overview and fill in the details later. Both of these "styles" are continua, not exclusively either-or, and people tend to use a slightly different balance of style on different materials.
Also, I saw a review of his book mentioned in the lead to this article, "Why Don't Students Like School", http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/200909/why... , and he seems to be a bit out of touch with real world classroom and student behavior.
Also, he claims that no learning styles theories are well supported; but I have used learning style theories based on 2 different bases that seem to help. First is groupers vs stringers (see Lewis and Greene's "Thinking Better", 1982), some people seem to learn better by encountering small groups of related facts simultaneously, while others absorb one at a time like beads on a string more easily. Second, is whether you begin with lots of details and build up to an overview of the subject, or start with an overview and fill in the details later. Both of these "styles" are continua, not exclusively either-or, and people tend to use a slightly different balance of style on different materials.
Also, I saw a review of his book mentioned in the lead to this article, "Why Don't Students Like School", http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/200909/why... , and he seems to be a bit out of touch with real world classroom and student behavior.