In 1998 Carol S Dweck published a paper called “Praise for intelligence can undermine (children’s) motivation and performance” in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Paul put the brackets around the word children because he thinks this applies equally to adults.
The study compares the impact on performance of praising effort and praising natural talent. The results may influence our reactions to learner behaviour in the training room (and how we respond to our own children).
While reading “The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life Makes it Hard to be Happy”, Paul recognises the similarities between the
concept of the Quest Saga described by Michael Foley and the experience of learners in our training rooms. Beginning with the Wizard of Oz and ending with a child ‘drifting’ their push bike, discover an alternative 4-step learning process.
Following on from my “top 10” (ways to split a group) post a couple of weeks ago I thought I would do another one.
So here, in no particular order, are my top 10 activities for un-facilitated learning:
Check list – each participant is provided with a tick list of activities they should have completed by the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
