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Is this the most important and exciting piece of research in years?
Recently, we discovered a little about the prefrontal cortex, looked at David Rock’s “actors on the stage” metaphor and applied it to the early driving experience of Paul's son.
In this post we get down to the nitty gritty of what is going on and how brain friendly trainers can apply it to learning in any situation.
Posted in Theory Also tagged accelerated learning, brain, memory, neurology, prefontal cortex, productivity, retention 7 Comments
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 accelerated learning, brain, memory, neurology, prefontal cortex, productivity 2 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.
Posted in Practice Also tagged accelerated learning, anchoring, facilitation, memory, music, neurology 2 Comments
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.
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