By Deepak

What is this all about ?• this about helping people to learn

• this is about helping you to be more creative and innovative in the way that you “teach” and “train”

• this is about having fun and being relaxed

• this is about helping local government staff be more innovative in the way they work

What are the rules ?• have fun!

• don’t be afraid to take a risk

• no-one is going to look stupid

• relax

• enjoy yourself

• join in with the group

• don’t worry - you can’t fail !

What are WE GOING TO DO ?

For the next few days, we are going to:

• look at different ways of learning

• learn a framework that helps us design training that is innovative

• do lots of practical examples

•explore different techniques

• learn together as a group- learn from each other

Give a man a fish and you feed him for one day...

WHY ?

..help him learn to fish and you feed him for life

I see and I remember

I hear and I forget

I do and I understand

WHY ?

WHY ?

We need to build on people’s experience

The first thing you really enjoyed learning

HOW DID YOU LEARN?

THINK ABOUT…. ?

The time you really DID NOT enjoy learning

Why DID YOU NOT LEARN?

THINK ABOUT…. ?

• to be good teachers - the first thing we should do is stop teaching and help people to learn

• we should realise that our collective knowledge and skills are far more powerful than just us “being the experts”

• to help make it more fun and enjoyable (for all of us) - make people feel good

• to help prepare people for (vital) creative problem-solving in the future

• to help our learners get better outcomes

• to help people learn how to learn

• because it works!

WHY ?

Learning for the Future… in the past we learned from the past.. now we must learn for the future. To learn for the future we must help people learn:

• INTERPERSONAL INTERACTION

• IDEAS AND INNOVATION

• HOW TO INTERPRET NEW INFORMATION

(Bellanca & Fogarty,1992)

WHY ?

Learning for the Future…

INTERPERSONAL INTERACTION

• our world is growing more diverse

• it is full of all sorts of different people

• we must help people to learn how to interact with different people

• we must help people to interact in different ways

• we must help people to learn from each other in different ways

WHY ?

Learning for the Future…

IDEAS AND INNOVATION

• we must help people learn how to deal with new information and ideas

• information is changing so rapidly, we must help people learn through change

• we must encourage people to have new ideas and develop them

• we must help people learn using all their learning skills

WHY ?

Learning for the Future…

HOW TO INTERPRET NEW INFORMATION

• we must help people learn what is useful from the past

• we must help people to learn to make good choices

• we must help people to learn problem-solving

• we must help people to be creative

• we must help people to deal with conflict

WHY ?

WHY ?Because people learn in all sorts of different ways:

Background ?In the early 1960s, Roger Sperry, a

psychologist in the USA, performed some experiments. He discovered that the brain is separated into two halves - two separate hemispheres.

LEFT BRAIN & RIGHT BRAIN

He found that each side of the brain has different roles and functions.

Background ?LEFT BRAIN , RIGHT BRAIN &

“REPTILLIAN” BRAIN

He found that each side of the brain has different roles and functions. At the back of the brain, close to the neck and spine, is the “reptillean” brain - which controls very basic thought processes

Background ?LEFT BRAIN & RIGHT BRAIN

Left Brain

•Language, logic,numbers, sequence, details, linear, symbols, judgement

Background ?LEFT BRAIN & RIGHT BRAIN

Right Brain

•images, rhythm, music, imagination, colour, look at the whole picture, patterns, emotions, non-judgmental.

Background ?The left Brain and the right Brain work

together - they are not competition with each other. Being innovative and creative depends on us using and exercising both sides of the brain

LEFT BRAIN & RIGHT BRAIN

Working Together!

Background ?Since then, a number of psychologists

and learning specialist have identified a number of learning intelligences - different ways in which we learn:

Linguistic

Logical/Mathematical

Visual/Spatial

Bodily/Kinesthetic

Musical

Interpersonal

Intrapersonal

Naturalistic

Background ?Since then, a number of psychologists

and learning specialist have identified a number of learning intelligences - different ways in which we learn:

Linguistic

•Working with words

•reading, crosswords, word-games

•telling stories

•arguments/debates/discussions

•listen to radio or audio cassettes

Background ?Logical/Mathematical

• working with numbers - maths

• doing budgets and accounts

• step-by-step, logical

• putting things in logical groups -order

• planning and putting in detail - timetables

• liking science, chemistry, maths, engineering

Background ?Visual/Spatial

• enjoy art, films, television

• photography, drawing, video

• draw pictures for notes - “doodles”

• like pictures, diagrams and graphs

• see how “things might look”

• imagination

• like jigsaw puzzles

Background ?Bodily/Kinesthetic

• enjoy sport and physical exercise

• good at craft and building things

•like dancing, games, playing with children

• use hand gestures and touch

• like to feel things

• aware of your physical surroundings

Background ?Musical

• playing a musical instrument, singing

• understand rhythm and patterns

• follow the “sound of music”

• can see images when music plays

• good at languages

• good memory for sounds

Background ?Interpersonal

• working with others -team

• team sports, groups etc

• communicate well

• talking and sharing

• treat others as friends

Background ?Intrapersonal

• think on your own

• strong values and beliefs

• prefer to learn on your own

•relate it to “you”

Background ?Naturalisitic

• good with animals

• good at gardening -growing things

• fishing

• natural things -stars, rocks, animals

• act on “feelings”

Background ?

So, how do we develop a system of learning that uses both the the LEFT & RIGHT brain ?

And how do we develop a system of learning that encourages all of the learning styles or

intelligences ?Linguistic

Logical/Mathematical

Visual/Spatial

Bodily/Kinesthetic

Musical

Interpersonal

Intrapersonal

Naturalistic

Background ?We are going to use system developed

by an American teacher:

BERNICE McCARTHY….

It is called the

4-MAT system

Watching

Sensing/feeling

Thinking

Doing

Type 1

WHY?

Type 2

WHAT?

Type 3

HOW?

Type 4

WHAT If?

RB

RB

LBLB

RB

RB

LBLB

Background ?The 4-MAT system:

• helps us to plan and design our learning experiences (“lessons” and “training workshops”)

•reminds us to include both the right and the left side of the brain

•reminds us to explore all of the learning intelligences

•gives us a format (4-mat) or “recipe” for how to design learning experiences

Lets start…..Early experiments by DAVID KOLB (1974)

Showed us that there were 4 types of learners (like the different learning intelligences)

Watching

Sensing/feeling

Thinking

Doing

Type 1

Type 2Type 3

Type 4

4-MAT

Watching

Sensing/feeling

Thinking

Doing

AWARENESS - I become aware that something is happening that I am interested in

PERSONAL - I take in your information and I think how it may effect me. Tell me more about some people like me

COLLABORATION - let me share and talk with others about how we will use this in the future

MANAGEMENT _ show me how I can manage this information and use it .

INFORMATIONAL - give me little bit more information about what I am seeing/feeling

RE-FOCUSING - let me think about this new things and decide how to use it in the future

Lets start…..

4-MAT

Watching

Sensing/feeling

Thinking

Doing

Type 1

WHY?

Type 2

WHAT?

Type 3

HOW?

Type 4

WHAT If?

Create an experience that engages personal meaning

Analyse the experience

Use the experience to set questions for more knowledge

Provide detailed information and knowledge

Share the learning with others

Analyse the results

Adapt and experiment

Try it out -guided -like a “recipe”

RB

RB

LB

LB

RB

RB

LB LB

Lets start…..

4-MAT

Watching

Sensing/feeling

Thinking

Doing

Type 1

WHY?

Create an experience that engages personal meaning

Analyse the experience

RB

LB

Lets do it

Lets do itSome Activities that could be used for Type 1

Motivational Stories, Songs and Poems

Simulations, Games, Exercises, Dance

Discussions, Drama, Theatre

Role Playing, Debate

Movies, videos, Audio tapes, Music

Painting, Drawing

Food, cooking, Smells.

Field trips, walking, touching

Simulations, demonstrations

Linguistic

Logical/Mathematical

Visual/Spatial

Bodily/Kinesthetic

Musical

Interpersonal

Intrapersonal

Naturalistic

Lets do it

4-MAT

Watching

Sensing/feeling

Thinking

Doing

Type 1

WHY?

Type 2

WHAT?

Create an experience that engages personal meaning

Analyse the experience

Use the experience to set questions for more knowledge

Provide detailed information and knowledge

RB

RB

LB

LB

Lets do it

Lets do itSome Activities that could be used for Type 2

Formal lecture

Lecture with visual aides

Lecture with notes and exercises

Reading assignments and homework

Example problems

Seminar or conference

Instructional Video or CD Rom

Handouts and information sheets

Linguistic

Logical/Mathematical

Visual/Spatial

Bodily/Kinesthetic

Musical

Interpersonal

Intrapersonal

Naturalistic

Lets do it

4-MAT

Watching

Sensing/feeling

Thinking

Doing

Type 1

WHY?

Type 2

WHAT?

Type 3

HOW?

Create an experience that engages personal meaning

Analyse the experience

Use the experience to set questions for more knowledge

Provide detailed information and knowledge

Adapt and experiment

Try it out -guided -like a “recipe”

RB

RB

LB

RB

LB LB

Lets do it

Lets do itSome Activities that could be used for Type 3

Workshop style

Laboratory experiments

Practical exercises

Site visits, field trips, case studies

Computer simulations

Objective exams

Example problems with workshop tasks

Physical exercises, trials, tasks

Real-life simulations

Exams and tests

Hands-on exercises

Linguistic

Logical/Mathematical

Visual/Spatial

Bodily/Kinesthetic

Musical

Interpersonal

Intrapersonal

Naturalistic

Lets do it

4-MAT

Watching

Sensing/feeling

Thinking

Doing

Type 1

WHY?

Type 2

WHAT?

Type 3

HOW?

Type 4

WHAT If?

Create an experience that engages personal meaning

Analyse the experience

Use the experience to set questions for more knowledge

Provide detailed information and knowledge

Share the learning with others

Analyse the results

Adapt and experiment

Try it out -guided -like a “recipe”

RB

RB

LB

LB

RB

RB

LB LB

Lets do it

Lets do itSome Activities that could be used for Type 4

Open-ended problems

Problems prepared by learners

design projects

Group exercises

Action plans

Presentations and Learner Demonstrations

Subjective exams or Competitions

Group reflective thinking

Think tanks, brainstorming sessions

Group project reports

Drama, Songs, Plays

Linguistic

Logical/Mathematical

Visual/Spatial

Bodily/Kinesthetic

Musical

Interpersonal

Intrapersonal

Naturalistic

Lets do it

Reading Some books you might like to read:

Bernice McCarthy - 4Mat

- 4Mat in Action

Colin Rose - Accelerated Learning

David Kolb - The learning Sstyle Inventory

Ronald Schmeck - Learning Styles and Learning Strategies

Background ?Some websites you might like to visit:

http://keirsey.com/

http://ctiweb.cf.ac.uk/vps/

http://www.creativetown.com/

http://www.unice.fr/sg/

http://sg.comp.nus.edu.sg/

http://brezza.iuav.unive.it/stratema/lugo-eng/