Category Archives: Reflections
A big thanks – and a request for help
It’s just over 6 months since Paul and I started Brain Friendly Trainer. It began as an experiment. Work was light because of the economic downturn and we wanted to use the time wisely and do something to support others involved in designing and delivering brain friendly learning.
We made a commitment to write 2 or 3 times a week for 6 months and see what happened.
Well, this month has been our best yet, with over 1,500 visitors, most of you pop back every few days! Thanks to you all.
So what’s next…
Another lesson in learning from children
Learning is a funny thing. We have formalised a sytem of classrooms, evaluation, experts and students that can often reduce our opportunities to help others learn as well as limiting our own ability to learn
Last week I wrote about 3 things I learned about change from my daughter and next week we'll have an excellent [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Reflections Tagged behaviour, brain, fear, flight, neurology, productivity, psychology, recollection, retention 6 Comments
I’m bugged by beliefs.