Tag Archives: challenges
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 accelerated learning, brain, facilitation, Flow, Focus, neurology, retention 16 Comments
Brain Friendly tips for students
For a lot of us, the exam season is upon us; for some it’s mocks, for others it’s the real thing. Whichever is your current situation, all over the land parents can be heard encouraging their loved ones as follows:
"Turn off that (delete as needed):
laptop
x-box
playstation
ipod
TV
mobile
Wii
... and DO SOME REVISION!"
So I thought I would share some [...]
Posted in Practice, Theory Also tagged accelerated learning, anchoring, brain, brain scan, Focus, memory, neurology, recollection, retention 5 Comments
If you use surveys or quizzes this is just for you.
Whether it is Evaluation Forms (happy sheets?), learning reviews or Needs Analysis surveys - we've all used questionnaires at some point in our training. Today we're sharing a link to a very quick survey every training designer must review.
Normally the links we post to other sites point to the latest developments in training delivery and design or preview [...]
I’m bugged by beliefs.
Recently while running a management development programme, Paul was stopped during the break by one of the participants who said they were leaving. They proceeded to give an account of the earlier session that made Paul wonder if they had been in the same room!
In this post Paul explores the impact that beliefs and (pre)understanding have when a learner encounters new material that raises an alternative point of view.
Feedback and the X-Factor