arabera Josh Hart 13 years ago
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"I am trained in psychotherapy and have studied Buddhist and other forms of meditation since the mid-1970s."
South Australian Ministry of Education
HM Treasury
The Football Association
The Royal Albert Hall
New Zealand Ministry of Education
Creativity and Learning
So Building Learning Power appeals to anyone who wants to know how to get better results and contribute to the development of real-life learners - both at once. It is for teachers, teacher trainers, parents and anyone involved in formal and informal education. It particularly appeals to those who want more than sound-bites and quick fixes; who seek a satisfying approach that leads to cumulative growth in students’ real-life self-confidence and ingenuity.
The following three roots give Building Learning Power a strong and stable foundation.
Is
Accessible
Appealing
Grows From
Opportunities of the 21st Century
Risks
Real Demands
Grounded by what busy teacher find:
Interesting
Practical
Possible
Write up and share experiments
Encouraged to see for themselves
All of the below are shaping a new image of the malleability of young minds, and BLP tries to make as much use of these ideas as possible.
Academic Philosiphers
Sociocultural Researchers
Neuroscientists
Developmental Psychologists
Psychologists
Geneticists
This confidence, capability and passion can be developed since real-world intelligence is something that people can be helped to build up
BLP believes that this purpose for education is valuable for all young people and involves helping them to discover the things that they would really love to be great at, and strengthening their will and skill to pursue them.
BLP believes that the core purpose of education is to prepare young people for life after school; helping them to build up the mental, emotional, social and strategic resources to enjoy challenge and cope well with uncertainty and complexity
Gained his doctorate in experimental psychology for studying how the mental dictionary is consulted as we understand language.
Oxford
Cambridge
Professor of the Learning Sciences @ teh University of Winchester
Co-Director of the Centre for Real-World Learning (CrL)