Accelerated Learning
‘An educated man is the one who has learned how to learn.’
- Arthur C. Clarke
If you were of my generation, you probably went to school, were taught the three ‘R’s - to read, write and do arithmetic. At 16 you either went to work or continued your education through college and possibly on to university. Studying was always tough for the most of us but it did not have to be that way. Why? Well, what we have learnt in the past thirty years about the mind and how it functions, might have helped us to learn more effectively and with enthusiasm.
At school you most likely were not taught how to learn, how to think, how to mind-map - in other words you were not taught how to use your mind smartly. No one ever gave you a manual at school to teach you how to use that computer between your head.
Today, our technology is constantly and quickly changing. We are being overwhelmed with information, as a result of the Internet and increased research. And the population of our world continues to expand rapidly. These are but some of the changes that are affecting and influencing our daily lives.
So the world around us is in a state of constant and rapid change, and trying to keep up with these changes is a challenge, which requires both time and much effort.
Charles Darwin said, ‘It is the not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the most responsive to change.’
So we must respond more quickly to change if we are to ‘survive’ in our rapidly changing world.
How do we become more responsive to change? By making sure that we are well-equipped to meet these changes by being prepared to adapt ourselves. And to adapt, we must learn to think quickly and smartly, as well as learning how to understand, organise and manage a greater flow of information. These essential skills are needed to adapt in the 21st century. They are being taught more now than ever before, because of what we now know about how our minds function, and how best they can be used to help us to learn and think.
Accelerated learning enables us to learn how to learn, learn how to think and to maximise our learning potential. It allows us, for example, to understand ourselves, in terms of our own preferred learning styles; or another example, to identify our own multiple intelligences. By knowing more about ourselves, we become better learners equipped to learn in the best way that suits our natural preferences.
We must learn to live and live to learn; but more importantly, knowing how to learn will define, how we respond and adapt to a world of constant and ever rapid change.
More about Accelerated Learning
Accelerated Learning for the 21st Century
Introduction to Accelerated Learning
What is Accelerated Learning?
- Arthur C. Clarke
If you were of my generation, you probably went to school, were taught the three ‘R’s - to read, write and do arithmetic. At 16 you either went to work or continued your education through college and possibly on to university. Studying was always tough for the most of us but it did not have to be that way. Why? Well, what we have learnt in the past thirty years about the mind and how it functions, might have helped us to learn more effectively and with enthusiasm.
At school you most likely were not taught how to learn, how to think, how to mind-map - in other words you were not taught how to use your mind smartly. No one ever gave you a manual at school to teach you how to use that computer between your head.
Today, our technology is constantly and quickly changing. We are being overwhelmed with information, as a result of the Internet and increased research. And the population of our world continues to expand rapidly. These are but some of the changes that are affecting and influencing our daily lives.
So the world around us is in a state of constant and rapid change, and trying to keep up with these changes is a challenge, which requires both time and much effort.
Charles Darwin said, ‘It is the not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the most responsive to change.’
So we must respond more quickly to change if we are to ‘survive’ in our rapidly changing world.
How do we become more responsive to change? By making sure that we are well-equipped to meet these changes by being prepared to adapt ourselves. And to adapt, we must learn to think quickly and smartly, as well as learning how to understand, organise and manage a greater flow of information. These essential skills are needed to adapt in the 21st century. They are being taught more now than ever before, because of what we now know about how our minds function, and how best they can be used to help us to learn and think.
Accelerated learning enables us to learn how to learn, learn how to think and to maximise our learning potential. It allows us, for example, to understand ourselves, in terms of our own preferred learning styles; or another example, to identify our own multiple intelligences. By knowing more about ourselves, we become better learners equipped to learn in the best way that suits our natural preferences.
We must learn to live and live to learn; but more importantly, knowing how to learn will define, how we respond and adapt to a world of constant and ever rapid change.
More about Accelerated Learning
Accelerated Learning for the 21st Century
Introduction to Accelerated Learning
What is Accelerated Learning?