Generating learning

As mentioned in my post on relating knowledge, if we don’t retrieve knowledge often, we forget it. Once links between…

Relating Knowledge

If we don’t retrieve knowledge often, we forget it. Arbitrary facts are harder to remember than knowledge that is related…

Evaluating Learning

Learning is notoriously hard to evaluate. It is difficult for teachers to evaluate student learning without robust forms of assessment…

Motivation

Students find motivation difficult. The causes of a lack of motivation are often not understood well by teachers or learners.…

Attention

Managing attention is difficult. Learners often haven’t switched their attention from what they have just been thinking about to the…

Knowledge

Knowledge has PR problem. Knowledge is seen as difficult, complex, and sometimes, impractical. Theories of knowledge can leave people confused,…

Trust

A common feature of effective teams within which I have worked has always been trust. Trust in both directions; trust…