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The articles under this category will present the basics of learning. Because ” I am deeply convinced that one cannot properly teach without possessing, implicit or explicit, a mental model of what is going on in the minds of the learner … There are therefore fundamental principles that any teacher must respect in order to be most effective.” Stanislas Dehaene.
The basics of learning are crucial also in order to create efficient trainings. The trainer is the teacher. If we don’t understand how the learning process takes place in the brain we cannot train effectively.
The articles from this category will present the basic factors and principles for learning:
– what is das Lernen and how it happens in the brain, the definitions of learning from science perspectives: neuroscience and cognitive science
– types of learning
– types of memories
– the factors that contribute to learning and memory formation
– Attention
– Das Gelernte
– Schlaf
– Repetition
– Consolidation
– Corective Feedback
This article offers the behavioral practices to develop a focus for massive learning and the scientific evidence that supports those practices: Neurotransmitters for focus and attention Epinephrine -> Alertness Acetylcholine – > Focus How to develop alertness How to develop…
Sleep influences memory and learning Less and less sleep Sleep architecture The sleep and memory relation Sleep phases How to ensure more REM sleep In the process of learning, more precisely in memory consolidation, sleep plays a significant role. Because…
Have you ever asked yourself: “how could I consolidate memory to remember more when I am learning new things?” What is memory consolidation? Why is memory consolidation needed? How to consolidate memory How to consolidate memory in employees’ training Memory…
Corrective feedback in employees’ training is a way to communicate to employees at what level they master the learned material. The quality of the feedback that one receives determines one’s academic success. Do you offer quality feedback after trainings?
Are we really learning from mistakes? And, if mistakes are such great teachers, why don’t we do more of them? “Everyone should learn to happily make errors … To think is to move from one error to the next” (Alain,…
The importance of practice in training employees is underestimated. The current training method: presentation and face-to-face training puts weight on the presentation of the knowledge but not on the practice. The lecturing training method doesn’t offer time for practice and…
We cannot learn what we do not perceive, and won’t perceive what we don’t attend, for this reason, we have to learn to pay attention and to attend. As a trainer or digitaler Trainingslösungen builders, we have to learn to stimulate attention in trainings.
Attention lost! A reward is offered to the finder! When it comes to technical trainings, attention is crucial, without attention you don’t build memory. So, you either pay attention when you are in a training or you just pay the price.
The 4 pillars of learning in trainings: 1. Information acquisition 2. Practice & exercise 3. Corrective feedback 4. Consolidation
“Genius without education is like silver in the mine” (Benjamin Franklin). Does learning mean education? “We are born capable of learning, but knowing nothing, perceiving nothing.”(Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
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