Tag Archives: recollection
Experience or memory – how do you know your learners are happy?
Last week, I watched a fascinating TED video called " The Riddle of Experience vs. Memory". In it, Nobel laureate and founder of behavioral economics Daniel Kahneman revealed how our "experiencing selves" and our "remembering selves" perceive happiness differently. The blurb describing the video content said:
This new insight has profound implications for economics, public policy [...]
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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A question of curry
The Friday night ritual of watching TV while waiting for the Indian take-away to be delivered inspires Paul to double the amount of visual imagery he uses in his workshops this year.
Is recall understanding or remembering?
While reading some interesting blogs the other day a thought gently emerged in my foggy brain which then led to a question.
Is brain friendly learning, and pehaps more importantly recall, about understanding or remembering?
It’s subtle but I believe it strikes at the core of what brain friendly learning is all about.
After pondering this question for [...]




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