Thank you for your comment @pencentre.
Hey DK, I believe most scientists in the education community disregard learning styles nowadays due to the fact that no one has ever designed a rigorous study that shows using learning styles leads to improved learning in students.
I think it's also that some educators want students to learn things a certain way because it's the "best way". There are cases where you can learn the same thing in different ways (Different ways to get the same solution idea). I have heard of students in university claim that a professor is smart but can't teach.
The ideal scenario is not placing students in a particular box. With larger classes, I think that this is very difficult to do. In this case, the students need to be self-reliant and learn on their own as teachers/educators can't help everyone.
Totally agree with you! Some of my best moments as a math teacher have come from solving the same question in a couple different ways (even when teaching a large class like calculus).
It takes a lot of mathematical knowledge to know how to solve a math problem, but there is something else special that sets the good teachers apart from the average teachers. And I think you hit the nail on the head when you said "there are cases when you can learn the same thing in different ways". I do believe that it is important for educators to know these various ways, know how to teach these different ways, and know how to be able to connect them.