Training Assessment Education

Category: Research

  • How do you keep up to date?

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    We all have to remain competent and in fact as a trainer we have to be a little better than that I think. But how do you do it with limited time and resources? Teaching doesn’t make you current. It might if you were doing something different all the time but doing the same thing…

  • Creativity and Innovation

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    I have been delivering a few programs this year around innovation, creativity and teams. A fascinating area especially when you try to accurately define the terms creativity and innovation. I won’t even try here as there are about 100 different categories of definitions according to one article that I read. I do go along with…

  • Exercise and healthy brains

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    It probably comes as no surprise that if you exercise your brain with be healthy and operate more effectively which is pretty important when you are a trainer and the most important tool of the trade is your brain. With the festive season nearly upon us it is a good idea to stay on top…

  • Most Research is Rubbish

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    The article below is worth reading. A lot of research is just rubbish. The smaller the study the more likely it is wrong. I have suspected that there is an incredible amount of dodgy educational research out there for a quite a long time but of course I had no grounds on which to state…

  • Access Art

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    Do you have the need to access art texts, articles or actual diagrams, paintings and sculpture. Maybe you are just interested in browsing the Met gallery. Check out the following reference. You can download for free over 400 free texts. Click here to access the Met Of course you could also do a tour through…

  • Real Psychology

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    I am fascinated by people, what they do and why. I was close to doing psychology at one point but went down the training/education path which did involve some psychology. I have read many books and blogs on psychology and I am often confused as to what is right and what is myth. The video…

  • Start playing music

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    Want to be smarter, more creative, have a better memory system? Well it appears that listening to music, but better still, playing music can assist you to achieve all of this goals. The video below will outline why. I was lucky as a child that my parents made me learn music, in my case the…

  • Resilient Trainer

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    To be a good trainer you have to be resilient. Things often don’t go to plan and you have to bounce back. Take the resilience test below and see how you stack up under pressure. The test is found here at Harvard Review

  • Skilled vs unskilled learners

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    Here is an interesting list of 25 things that skilled learners do. Very positive and I guess a guide to what you should be doing to become a skilled learner. I would hope that most trainers and educators are skilled learners as they must role model what they are advocating. What about a list of…

  • Educational Stats

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    Darren
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    For those who like a few stats on education here are some interesting stats and trends in regard to higher ed. Education at a Glance 2014 – Key Findings from OECD Education