Apparently, according to my dad who's a psychologist, there are four major learning styles, and people can fall into any of those as a "preferred" learning style:

- Learn by reading how to do it (books, articles, etc)

- Learn by being told how to do it (audio lessons, in-person teacher, etc)

- Learn by seeing someone do it (video, demonstration, etc)

- Learn by doing it yourself (tutor, coach, instructor, etc)

Neither of those modes is superior to the others. Some people find one mode works best for them. Others find another works best for them. Everyone has a preference. Everyone is capable of learning in any of these modes, but is better at one or two of them.

So, I would suggest to all those whose comment summarises as "I think learning works best by doing A, not B, C or D" to consider that as the original question implies, this is a preference, not a universality! Everyone's different.