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“who dares to teach, must never cease to learn”

John Dana Cotton

Who is Linda?Which 3 or 4 statements are true?

Got 92% in SchoolCertificate French

Has 4 cats, 2 goats and 1 dog

Has a silver medal in gymnastics

Has a rose tattoo on her right leg

Makes all her own jams and pickles

Won best female newcomer at 1992 C & W music festival

so...why

‘engagement’?

for my grandfather…information

was in the teacher

“children should be seen and not heard!”

for my father…information was in the teacher &

also in the books at the school

for me…information was in the teacher,

books at the school….

for me…information was in the teacher,

books at the school….

for me…information was in the

teacher, books at the school & also now at home

britannica encyclopedia

today… information is everywhere!

“people no longer have to come to the classroom to learn”

Diana Laufenman

“factual knowledge is no longer the great

differentiator between educators”

Sir Ken Robinson

so...what is the educator’s

role...

learners…• hostages• vacationers• consumers• adventurers

what’s my mix… today?

so...what is the educator’s

role...

today?

my role...ە sift...

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my role...ە sift...ە inspire...

• a love of learning • a love of l ife• a love of the topic

ە provoke...

“believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and

your own common sense”

buddha

my role...ە sift...ە inspire...

• a love of learning • a love of l ife• a love of the topic

ە provoke...ە engage...

So... who learns the

most in your class...

the person who is the most engaged!

So... what is the

average adult’s attention

span?

two questions...

• how do I get my learner’s attention?

• how do I keep theirattention?

engagement...“the art of getting into

the hearts & minds of our learners

So, how do we take information ...

& present it in a way that is engaging,

meaningful & relevant?

five strategies...1. unexpectedness

1.unexpectnessFamiliarity breeds….C--------?familiarity

breeds…

contempt!

break a pattern...• room layout• where you stand• getting into groups• ???

unexpectednesshow?

interaction

information

are ideas born interesting

or made interesting…

…the nature /nurture debate applied

to ideas!...

“create gaps in knowledge…

then systematically

fill them”

IQ accounts for what % of

career success?a. 50 to 60%

b. 35 to 45%

c. 23 to 29%

d. 15 to 20%

IQ accounts for what % of

career success?a. 50 to 60%

b. 35 to 45%

c. 23 to 29%

d. 15 to 20%

actually it’s 4 to 10%!

“create gaps in knowledge…

then systematically

fill them”

creatively!

break a pattern...• room layout• where you stand• getting into groups• ???

create gaps... • multi-choice• telling vs asking• curiosity• ????

unexpectednesshow?

interaction

information

five strategies...1. unexpectedness2. emotions

emotions…• are they contagious?

• which ones are mostcontagious? why?

• so, what do people catch from you?

framingframing

framing

what you say …

…first…

shapes reaction &

engagement

Outrageous success...

What do you want from ...

..me

..other participants

..yourself

words…

find ten

Outrageous success...

What do you want from ...

..me

..other participants

..yourself

share a couple of your core

valuesso…

do you ‘walk your talk’?

Outrageous success...

What do you want from ...

..me

..other participants

..yourself

٭ authenticity gets attention

٭ caring gets attention

٭ competence gets attention

٭ passion gets attention

٭ laughter gets attention

what do youthink?

your vision...ە what level of performance do you aspire to?

ە what are the qualities that willdistinguish your performance?

ە who are your role models?

Glenn Capelli Stephanie Burns

Matt Church Colin James

your vision...ە what level of performance do you aspire to?

ە what are the qualities that willdistinguish your performance?

ە who are your role models?

ە what reputation do you want tobuild for yourself?

ە what will be your legacy – whatwill you be remembered for?

ە what’s your brand? (3 words)

ە ???

you cannot not

so..what do you model?

ە timekeeping?

ە diversity

ە manners?

model!

your students are learning

you…are you proud of

what they’relearning?

five strategies...1. unexpectedness2. emotions3. state

‘state changes’...when the educator changes

the method of instruction from one modality to another modality

• obvious eg pair discussion

• subtle eg pause

identify 10 state changes

so far…

mmmm...so…how often am I changing

your state?

more or less in the morning or the afternoon...

why?

remember...your state is the most

important in the room...

they say the fish rots from

the head!!

energisers

just to wake you up!!!

red blue green bluered green green limeblack red blue greenred pink black purple

red blue green blackblue green black redyellow blue pink redblack red blue green

number

energisers

what are your favourites?

music…a powerful manager of emotions

five strategies...1. unexpectedness2. emotions3. state4. belief

what do you know about your brain?

how many brain cells (neurons) do

you have...left?

how many brain cells (neurons) do

you have...left?(100 billion)

“the wayyou view your own intelligence, largely

determines how it will develop”

Carol Dweck

two mindsetsfixed mindset

people believe that their talents &abilities are fixed traits; they

have a certain amount and that's that; nothing can be done to

change it

growth mindsetpeople believe that their talents

&abilities can be developed through passion, education,

& persistence

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how good is your memory?

the body peg system

1. head2. eyes3. nose4. mouth 5. neck6. chest 7. belly button8. boys & girls9. knees10.feet

of course...

it’s not just your mindset about

yourself...

how do you see your learners?

“the greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it”

Michelangelo

five strategies...1. unexpectedness2. emotions3. state4. belief5. story

hmmm??· what is a thought?

· how do you knowyou are having one?

· (have you ever had one?)

“people learn about life through

stories” Larry Prusak

stories...Before the written word, stories were

the means for passing along the important lessons of life.

The intention of stories is not just to entertain – they are also intended to

teach.

Good stories move us. They touch us, they teach us and they cause us to

remember. Storytelling is how we pass along lessons from generation to generation, culture to culture.

Story telling is more powerful than fact and figures. People believe stories

more than they believe numbers. Stories teach, mobilise and motivate.

stories you could tell...…

• do you have a turning point story?

• or a story that shows your values in practice?

• or maybe a story about you growing up?

Martin Luther King…

did not talk of his ‘strategic plan’!

keep a story journal

five strategies...1. unexpectedness2. emotions3. state4. belief5. story

So... do you care

enough about your content to deliver

it brilliantly?

two questions...

• how do I get my learner’s attention?

• how do I keep theirattention?

so…what got you

thinking?

• Carol Dweck(2006) Mindset

• Chip & Dan Heath (2007) Made To Stick

• Stephen Deeming (2005) The Leader’s Guide To Storytelling

• Eric Jensen (2000) Brain-based learning

• Nancy Kline (2009) More Time To Think

“…if you were to read one book a month about your industry, in ten years you will have read 120 books, that will put you in the top

1% of your field”Jim Rohn

“what we think or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end of little consequence. The only

consequence is what we do”so take action!

John Ruskin

thank you!

“we need to make learning a way of life,

rather than a phase of life”

Jim Clemmer