Tag Archives: behaviour
When our passion clouds our judgement
One of the challenges we face in Brain Friendly Learning is reacting to scientific discoveries in an appropriate way. This is especially true when the headlines or accepted interpretation of the data reinforces our own experience. It's only natural that we use this new (or sometimes surprisingly old!) data in our training sessions and workshops.
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Help learners learn with PRAGMATIVITY
Have you ever been on a course and felt your heart sink when the trainer announces that "we're going to have some fun..." because you know you're about to experience some forced interaction without any apparent purpose?
Are you a trainer who recognises this reaction in some of your learners?
In this post Jooli Atkins share her concept of PRAGMATIVITY: a way of ensuring that creative interventions have a positive impact and are well received. Regular readers will not be surprised that purpose and application are high on the agenda.
Keep reading to the end where Jooli applies 'pragmativity' to training evaluation.
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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3 things children can teach us about managing change
Change can be traumatic. Often we feel unable to cope and sometimes we may deny the need for it and seek to hold onto the past.
A photo taken during a family holiday causes Ally to reflect on how comfortable children are with change and draws three lessons from his daughters ability to deal with change in a natural, stress free way.
I’m bugged by beliefs.