There are two types of knowledge: intellectual knowledge and experiential knowledge. People like learning not from people who simply talk about a subject, but from people who have lived the subject. They want to learn from those who have not only head knowledge, but also heart knowledge.
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Are disciplinary rules and consequences the keys to a well-managed classroom? Successful teachers say that planning for meaningful student engagement is the real key. They considered most rules and consequences counterproductive and a waste of time. Here's why:
Have you ever forgotten your grocery list at home? And missed picking up some key ingredient for a meal you were planning to fix?
As training designers, we are great at determining what our participants should "Know" in terms of content and what we want them to "Do" differently. But how often when we are writing objectives for training do we include the forgotten objective - how we want participants to "Feel"?
As we write objectives for training, we must remember all three domains:
Sample Standard: Determine the author's purpose based on the structure of the text
Grade Level: 6
Sample Standard: Identify and describe how geometric figures are used in practical settings. Recognize and apply relationships within and among geometric figures.
Grade Level: Junior High Geometry
Jackie Gray, Linda Vann and Ann Lupkes are certified trainers in Bob Pike's Research-based Creative Teaching Strategies. They have seen wide-spread success with the classroom implementation of the strategies presented during the course. Here is one method they use to help ignite the spark of learning the educators!
Ironically, this is an appropriate tutorial for 49 of the United States right now. And I've discovered that blowing snow does indeed have a lot of parallel learnings for the training industry. So, if you do indeed find yourself in the unfortunate position of having to clear your driveway and sidewalks, let me offer you a few tips before you begin.
Awhile back, I used an instrument in a train-the-trainer session designed to give participants feedback on their listening attitudes. The instrument measured sensitivity in two areas: task listening, which focuses on the information needed to get a job done, and people listening, which focuses more on the individuals involved - their needs and feelings.
The ideal score is represented by a perfect balance between the two, and, if there was going to be an imbalance, I would have predicted that the group would weigh heaviest on the people-listening scale. But the data didn't support that assumption.
Ah, the golden age of comic books! The days when Superman, Batman and Iron Man were only two-dimensional characters.
Believe it or not, comics have been renegades in a variety of social fronts and have accomplished what we as performance consultants strive for: to get results in somewhat unconventional ways.
Stephen Hudak, one of our ezine readers, submitted this simple idea which works to accelerate learning.
