I'm mainly tactile and visual. I learn best by doing, and by observing others doing. And If someone talks or writes, I have to feel what they say; if it's purely intellectual or analytical, it misses the mark with me.

I agree with this post for sure

I could teach you all about anatomy and physiology hands on if you’d like to learn.

Socratic method and hands on for me.

All the above

the best teaching method is the one the teacher perceives is working. there is no one best way. it also depends on what's being taught. you can't teach someone how to type or sew with a lecture. there is no hands-on way to teach philosophy (unless you really want to kill a cat in a box). my method was generally to require the students to ask questions. i have been a guest lecturer too, though.

i learn various things best different ways, no one way.

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In my case--as is fairly common, I'm told--learning by doing, usually several times, seems to engage me enough for an optimal learning experience.

As an educator, I find that a combination of lecture, questions, and hands-on activities works best.

Teach yourself.

William Faulkner made it only through sixth grade, yet became perhaps America’s greatest novelist. Just think of the greatness he might have achieved had he not been subjected to six years of swaggering, bullying school teachers.

Thomas Edison never darkened the door of a school. You can bet that if he had his creativity and enthusiasm would have been killed.

Depends largely on the subject, class size, any special needs students, and teaching objectives. When I teach a class of 30 students, a lecture may be the best method. But with 30 individuals for one-to-one tutoring, a combination of direct teaching and Socratic method might work better. If the student is struggling, I'll hand walk her. If she seems to have a good understanding, I'll encourage independent study, in which case, her ambition drives my teaching method.

Experiencing is the best way. I see it time and time again and every time it happens to me I understand. For instance you can't understand discrimination unless you've been through it. Those Scared Straight programs taking youngsters to see prisons actually works. And those classes where you have to ride in a wheelchair for a week or carry around the baby doll for a month keeps little girls from getting pregnant and allows people to understand what handicapped people go through. Until you've visited areas where people live in huts on dirt floors you can't appreciate other cultures.