I mentioned in my previous blog about how I have just had the delight of running some training for the potential staff at the newly formed Nkuru Vocational Training Centre
The training was on the 'Whole Brain Approach' to teaching and learning, courtesy of Dr John Kelly and Fingerprint Learning. This concept takes into consideration the range of learning preferences, motivation styles and personal dominances we each have, and that show up in how we respond to different teaching styles. It also looks at the physiology of the brain, and some key anatomical features that impact learning for everyone, and how teachers could better be utilising that knowledge with regard to developing the learning environment for students
The WBA is not overly well-known in the UK, but here in Uganda it is revolutionary, and there were some wonderful conversations that followed with teachers and tutors, as they started to grasp just how impactful this could be on the education experience of students.
Students who until now have felt as though they have failed, students whose academic experience has been based around 'how smart are they' rather than 'how are they smart', students who have come to believe that they will never make it, that they are stupid, that they have no positive attributes when it comes to managing to do anything - this approach can change all that and help them aspire and achieve and believe in themselves. Wonderful stuff, and great to be part of.
But what is becoming apparent, just from the conversations with these few folks, is how much wider it could go, and how there is a hunger for this sort of resource in many fields
Just today I've had a conversation with two individuals about how the WBA could be used in their church leadership programmes, and with one about how it could help with the team dynamics of a small organisation working in a poorer part of Kampala.
And there was also a discussion the other day about how this would be good to get into teacher training colleges out here, and another regarding how it could even be a useful concept to adapt to be part of marriage preparation!
None of these have become firm plans yet, but that's fine - happy to go with God's timing on it all. But what I love is seeing the potential developing when you let loose something as positive as this, that empowers, values and celebrates individuals for who they are. And what is even more exciting is that God has give me the chance to be on the act.
PS if anyone wants to know more about this for possible use in UK organisations / schools etc, do let me know - always happy to chat!!!
The training was on the 'Whole Brain Approach' to teaching and learning, courtesy of Dr John Kelly and Fingerprint Learning. This concept takes into consideration the range of learning preferences, motivation styles and personal dominances we each have, and that show up in how we respond to different teaching styles. It also looks at the physiology of the brain, and some key anatomical features that impact learning for everyone, and how teachers could better be utilising that knowledge with regard to developing the learning environment for students
The WBA is not overly well-known in the UK, but here in Uganda it is revolutionary, and there were some wonderful conversations that followed with teachers and tutors, as they started to grasp just how impactful this could be on the education experience of students.
Students who until now have felt as though they have failed, students whose academic experience has been based around 'how smart are they' rather than 'how are they smart', students who have come to believe that they will never make it, that they are stupid, that they have no positive attributes when it comes to managing to do anything - this approach can change all that and help them aspire and achieve and believe in themselves. Wonderful stuff, and great to be part of.
But what is becoming apparent, just from the conversations with these few folks, is how much wider it could go, and how there is a hunger for this sort of resource in many fields
Just today I've had a conversation with two individuals about how the WBA could be used in their church leadership programmes, and with one about how it could help with the team dynamics of a small organisation working in a poorer part of Kampala.
And there was also a discussion the other day about how this would be good to get into teacher training colleges out here, and another regarding how it could even be a useful concept to adapt to be part of marriage preparation!
None of these have become firm plans yet, but that's fine - happy to go with God's timing on it all. But what I love is seeing the potential developing when you let loose something as positive as this, that empowers, values and celebrates individuals for who they are. And what is even more exciting is that God has give me the chance to be on the act.
PS if anyone wants to know more about this for possible use in UK organisations / schools etc, do let me know - always happy to chat!!!
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