Learning

Do we really have different learning styles?

There’s a fair amount of controversy in education around whether or not we each have our own, distinct learning style. Those who challenge the belief include much-respected folk such as Mark K Smith (researcher and educator based in London at Developing Learning); Frank Coffield (Emeritus Professor of Education at the [...]

General, Learning

Genius Material is the Missing Link!

Genius Material: “Really important missing link to help students change exam failure into success.” Brian Hipkin, Dean of Students, Regents University The Missing Link? Couldn’t agree more!! And how wonderful to hear such a thing here, of all places –  where, since 2004, I’ve undertaken many Quest Cognitive Hypnotherapy and Learning Skills NLP [...]

Learning

Put your mind to it – especially the first 20 hours

Put your mind to it by concentrating on the first 20 hours. You might be surprised by your expertise in this relatively short time. What does it really take to become an expert? Does it really take 10 000 hours to become an expert, as some people suggest? Yes you know [...]

Emotional intelligence, General, Learning

Planning on setting a goal? Forget it!

“Forget it? Why’s that?” I hear you ask. Because, usually we decide what we want to achieve and then set that as our goal. “Well, yes… So far, so good…” Maybe! “Maybe?” There you go again, asking questions! What if you don’t have a system in place? What if you [...]

Emotional intelligence, Learning

Keep calm and carry on revising!

How annoying is it when people tell you to keep calm and carry on revising? Possibly not at all, if you know how to use your revision time wisely. But your revision strategy is less than perfect, “Keep calm and carry on revising,” is the last thing you want to [...]

Emotional intelligence, Health, Learning

Grand Designs & Genius Material

 Is your child struggling at school? Before I talk about ‘the kids of today’ I want to mention that we caught ourselves on Grand Designs again last Monday, while looking for University Challenge. Sorry, I didn’t realise it was going to be on, or I’d have told you. The programme [...]

General, Learning

More Genius Material?

 Photomath Smart Camera Cheating or Genius idea? Judge for yourself Mathematical ‘aha’ moments Genius use of modern technology             [...]

Emotional intelligence, Learning

Character traits of good learners

You need all of the following traits to be a good learner. Consistency and determination have you repeat experiences, over and over, each time reinforcing the memory and learning process. Sufficiency and creativity allow detailed and thorough encoding in the brain. Focus and curiosity direct your attention. Without attention, you [...]

Learning

Study Technique – Mapping

As you know, I’m a great fan of efficiency and expediency, especially when it comes to fitting your Financial Services revision around your business commitments. And so I’d always say, where you can, organise keywords into patterns that your brain can easily relate to. However, we all know that there [...]

Emotional intelligence, Learning

Congratulations all round?

Many congratulations to the 352,590 students who discovered this week that they’ve got the ‘A’ Level exam grades they need to go to their first choice universities. “Alex got into his first choice university today – so thank you.” There have been several proud parents who’ve thanked me for helping [...]