Learning Styles

After watching this particular video on learning styles, I feel that there are a lot of unanswered questions on this man, Daniel Willingham's theory. He claims that a teacher’s goal is to teach students the meanings of a subject. The example he used was the definition of an opera. What if the student could not see the definition but could only hear it being read aloud? The definition of an opera and let’s say, a musical, could seem similar and very confusing, therefore going to an opera would help this particular student to understand the MEANING of the word. Does that mean that student is a strictly auditory learner? Probably not and I can agree with Mr. Willingham on that but people have a preferred method of how they learn certain subjects. I do believe teachers should incorporate different learning styles to keep students engaged in what they’re learning. If a teacher uses only one style, he or she will become predictable and will lose the attention of the class. Who would it hurt to have all styles of teaching in one lesson? Although this man in the video makes valid points, his research wasn’t presented thorough enough for me to believe that "good teaching is good teaching." What makes a teacher "good" is the flexibility with their students and the styles they prefer to learn from.