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Authors: Lou Russell
ISBN-13: 9780787946395, ISBN-10: 0787946397
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: October 1999
Edition: 1st Edition

Author Biography: Lou Russell

Book Synopsis

This is the only comprehensive guide that helps people accelerate their learning. This resource is the most up-to-date and practical research-based book for trainers, managers, teachers, and sales professionals. Users will learn to choose the most appropriate objective for a learning event, use the included music to create a focused learning environment, measure teaching effectiveness, and much more.

Booknews

A book/CD-ROM package for trainers, managers, teachers, and those in sales, supplying tools to ensure maximum learning and retention in training sessions, classrooms, and sales sessions. Tells how to improve communication skills and identify the best way individual learners learn, and explains how to use music, color, pacing, and visual aids to create focused learning environments. The CD-ROM contains two pieces of music to listen to while reading the book and doing practice exercises, designed to increase comprehension. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Preface	xi
Chapter 1	Starting the Learning Journey	1
	What Is Accelerated Learning?	4
	Why Accelerated Learning Is Critical for Business Today	8
	How to Navigate This Book to Maximize Your Learning	9
	The CD	10
	Planning Your Path	12
Part 1	How People Learn
Chapter 2	A Contract for Learning	19
	Why Are Learning Objectives So Critical?	23
	How to Prioritize Learning Objectives	27
	Concerns About Learning Objectives	30
	Time	30
	Required Content	31
	Learner Competency	31
	Additional Requests	32
Chapter 3	Learning to Take More In	35
	The Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic Intake Styles	39
	Visual	39
	Auditory	40
	Kinesthetic	41
	Other Influences on Successful Intake	43
	Adjusting for Different Intake Styles in a Learning Event	43
	Managing Audiences of Diverse Intake Styles	48
Chapter 4	Learning Through All Your Intelligences	53
	The Multiple Intelligences	58
	The Original Seven	59
	The Three New Intelligences	67
	MI's Impact on Learning	70
	Mapping an Exercise to MI	70
	Mapping Across Multiple Exercises	71
	Mapping Existing Material	74
	The Multiple Intelligences and Intake Styles	77
	Choral Reading: Effective Skills Practice	82
Chapter 5	Learning with Your Whole Brain	85
	Brain Dominance Theories	88
	The Left Brain and the Right Brain	88
	Ned Herrmann's Brain Quadrants	91
	The Impact of Brain Dominance on Learning	93
	The Theory of the Triune Brain	94
	The Reptilian Brain	95
	The Limbic Brain	98
	The Neocortex	99
	The Impact of the Triune Brain on Learning	100
Chapter 6	Remembering What You Learned	105
	The Process of Memory	108
	Receive	108
	Filter	110
	Store	111
	Recall	116
	Information Chunking	122
	Understanding Your Memory	125
	Age and Memory	125
	Memory and Other People	126
	Short-Term and Long-Term Memory	127
	Sleep and Memory	128
Part 2	How Successful Learning Is Delivered
Chapter 7	You Are the Deliverer	135
	Labels	140
	Roles	140
	Content Learning	142
	Learning How People Learn	143
Chapter 8	The Environment Delivers Learning	147
	Color	150
	Visual Impact	153
	Seating	155
	Equipment and Supplies	156
	Refreshment	160
	The Rhythm of Learning	161
	You Are the Environment	164
	Your Fame	165
	The Pygmalion Effect	167
	Your Spoken Word	169
	Your Clothes	170
	Your Reaction to Difficult Learners	172
Chapter 9	Music to Deliver Learning	177
	How Music Works	181
	The Benefits of Music to the Learner	181
	The Physiology of the Brain Influenced by Music	183
	Music History	184
	Georgi Lozanov and Suggestopedia	186
	Alfred Tomatis and the Ear	189
	The CD with This Book	191
	The Use of Music in Learning	193
	Making the Transition to Music in the Classroom	195
Part 3	How Successful Learning Events Are Built
Chapter 10	Developing Learning Events	205
	Identify the Audience	208
	Identify the Learning Need	210
	Create Learning Objectives	215
	The Audience	216
	The Behavior	217
	Condition	220
	Create Exercises	224
	Choosing the Right Exercise	226
	Creating a Learning Game or Simulation	227
	Debriefing Exercises	229
	Sequence Learning Objectives	234
	Create Support Materials	237
	User Guides, Reference Manuals, Learner Guides, and Prerequisite Work	237
	Presentation Media	241
	Facilitator Notes	241
	Learning-Event Supplies	244
	Evaluate the Learning	244
	Business Alignment	246
Chapter 11	Selling the Dream	251
	Defining Your Learning Promise	255
	Creating a Learning Mission and Vision	257
	Creating a Marketing Strategy	260
	Topic Flyers	263
	Springboard Pages	264
	Course Pages	264
	Postcards	265
	Company Newsletter Ads	265
	Newsletters	266
	Web Information	267
	Online Intranet or E-Mail Notices	268
	Speaking	269
	Booths	269
	Budgeting Maintenance	270
	Marketing and Learning Theory	271
Chapter 12	Your Learning Journey Continues	275
	Appendix
	Opens	283
	Famous People	283
	Four Facts	284
	Quirky Facts	284
	Word Association	284
	Interpersonal Exercises	285
	Breaking into Teams	285
	Team Process Guidelines	285
	Guidelines for Role Plays	287
	Brainstorming Techniques	288
	Team-Building and Communication Exercises	289
	Intrapersonal Exercises	292
	Drawing	292
	Collage	293
	Journals	293
	Observation	293
	Pie of Life	294
	Reflection	294
	Sculpture	294
	Visualization, Imagery	295
	Review Exercises	296
	Baseball Review	296
	Envelope Sort	297
	Jeopardy Review	297
	Koosh Ball Review	298
	Mind Mapping or Mindscaping	298
	Music Performance	299
	Pair Interviews	299
	Snowball Fight	300
	Terminology Review	300
	Other Classroom Delivery Techniques	300
	"Fabulous Merchandise" (Prizes) Guidelines	301
	Facilitator as Model	301
	End on a Peak	301
	Lecture as a Last Resort	302
	Resources
	Books and Articles	307
	Other Items	309
	Individuals and Organizations (General)	309
	Individuals and Organizations (Music)	313
	Brain and Learning Websites	314
	Index	317
	About the Author	322