Tag Archives: accelerated learning
Your brain is a stage with only four actors
In his book Your Brain At Work David Rock likens the pre-frontal cortex to a theatrical stage.
At various times there will be actors on the stage and it is these actors that we are describing when we talk about what we are focussed on.
So right now you may have a reading actor on your stage as you read this, you may also have a musical actor on stage if you are playing some background music, you may have your e-mail sorting actor on stage and / or potentially one or more of many.
Posted in Theory Also tagged brain, memory, neurology, prefontal cortex, productivity, state 2 Comments
Learn to drive in a day the Brain Friendly way.
It’s a big day in our family. My eldest son is 17 and the only thing he has wanted for his birthday since last year has been driving lessons.
So this morning, having spent a large proportion of his inheritance on insurance, I drove him to a quiet street in his mother’s car where the learning [...]
Posted in Practice Also tagged brain, challenges, facilitation, Flow, Focus, neurology, retention 16 Comments
Desire, dopamine and successful set ups
As we discover more and more about neuroscience and how the brain works, I find myself making more and more connections to learning and training.
For sometime Ally and I have been talking about the importance of really good set-ups in brain friendly learning; whether it’s the pre-programme invitation or the set up for the day [...]
Posted in Theory Also tagged brain, curiosity, desire, dopamine, Focus, neurology, prefontal cortex 5 Comments
Take your learners to a concert (or two)
The use of background music during lectures, vocabulary decoding, or group readings is a cornerstone of Accelerated Learning techniques. Two methods for using music, designed to create very different but equally effective learning environments, were developed through Lozanov's methods.
They are called concerts.
Is this the most important and exciting piece of research in years?