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Last time we talked about Kirkpatrick’s model for evaluation and how important it is to use more that just level one especially in today’s economic climate .
While I was writing that piece I found myself getting more and more annoyed and, as I worked through why, the keyboard was taking more and more punishment, the [...]
… but it is essential
A couple of weeks ago Ally and I spent an extremely enjoyable day with the Brain Friendly Learning Group, a UK networking group for brain friendly trainers set up by Stella Collins.
In the morning we ran a session about music in the training room (there will be much more on this [...]
Twitter Updates from last week 2010-02-28 | Brain Friendly Trainer http://aweber.com/b/qYt5 #
Dale’s Cone of Learning figures debunked | Brain Friendly Trainer http://aweber.com/b/1DWKf #
just read: MRC CBU, Cambridge » Matt Davis: Shared by Ally
very interesting from Brain Science Unit, Cambridge Uni http://bit.ly/9BN28B #
10 ways to split big groups into small groups or pairs | Brain [...]
As trainers we are constantly looking for fresh and interesting ways to subdivide our groups into smaller groups and over the years I guess we all have our favourites.
So what are yours?
As a starter for 10, here are my top 10 (in no particular order!) that I have begged, borrowed, designed and stolen:
A continuum of [...]
Brain Friendly(ness) as a way of life?
In his book “Blink” Malcom Gladwell makes several references to the work of Dr. John Gottman.
Gottman is well respected for his research on relationship stability by using scientific direct observations published in peer reviewed literature. This makes him a man worth listening to.
While most of his work has been around predicting whether couples are likely [...]
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