1. Swanmore College of Technology 20 November 2009 From Knowing To Doing Roy Leighton www.independentthinking.co.uk

2. We should not shy away from welcoming and acquiring the truth regardless of where it comes from, even if it comes from distant races and nations that are different from us. Nothing is more important than seeking the truth except the truth itself www.independentthinking.co.uk Abu Yusef Al-Kindi (805-873) Who said this?

3. Al-Kindi The most leaned man of his age, unique among his contemporaries in the knowledge of the totality of ancient scientists, embracing logic, philosophy, geometry, mathematics, music and astrology.

5. Practical? Visual? Auditory? Touch? How do you want to work/learn?

6. Facts and myths about the brain – show what you know Learning? SURVIVAL

9. Brain-based learning: Why do I need to be here? What am I learning and how am I learning it? How can I use this knowledge in other situations or contexts?

14. ‘ I think our connected curriculum was fun’ ‘ I think it was great because we can learn quicker’ ‘ I think setting all our subjects on one thing is a lot better’ ‘ I enjoy the connected curriculum because I have a better knowledge of what the other classes are learning about’ ‘ I like the way that the classroom is set out. I think it’s a great idea and I would recommend it to many different schools’ ‘ I think that it is a good and easy way to learn’ ‘ I think the connected curriculum is very clever. And I think that it is good that we have different subjects in one lesson’ ‘ It was fun and I learnt lots’ ‘ I love the connected curriculum’ ‘ I’m liking the way classes have changed from last year’ ‘ I think it’s been absolutely great and we should do the same every term’ ‘ I think the connected curriculum is absolutely fantastic’ ‘ I think it was alright’

16. The work ethic has been replaced by the play ethic ‘ Plearning’ – to learn by play

17. Quiz - What is intelligence?

18. I.Q. E.Q. P.Q. S.Q.

19. Cycle of evolution Experience Learning Opportunity

20. The Block to change is F.E.A.R. FALSE EXPECTATIONS APPEARING REAL

21. HiOP PPD P E T R I M I T I V E M O T I O N A L H I N K I N G Relevant Interesting Naughty Giggle Hear Smell Taste Touch See The Left Hand of Learning My strengths and weaknesses as a learner and a person The Three Part Brain The four conditions for the brain to engage Multi-sensory learning

22. What is your working/learning style? How you learn, not what you learn

24. Review With Frequent Meditation

25. Improve your memory by 400% Passion System/structure Imagination/creativity Review

28. Why this is all (potentially) a waste of time? www.independentthinking.co.uk

29. Who is this man and what was he famous for? Abraham Maslow – 1908 - 1970

32. Clare W Graves 1914 - 1986 As he [or she] sets off on each quest, he believes he will find the answer to his existence, and as he settles into each nodal state he is certain he has found it. Yet, always to his surprise and ever to his dismay he finds, at every stage, that the solution to existence is not the solution he thinks he has found. Every state he reaches leaves him discontented and perplexed. It is simply that as he solves one set of human problems, he finds a new set in their place. The quest he finds is never-ending.

33. It is not a question of growing wiser as you grow older. This is a thoroughly misguided concept . There are, after all, some very stupid old people.

35. We do not see the world as it is, we see the world the way we think it is. Aristotle

37. “ In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” Eric Hoffer

38. Spiral Dynamics

39. We

40. Me

41. Survival Tribal Self Order Enterprise Community Interconnected Interdependent Thinking and behaviour World view Memory #1 - Spiral Dynamics Curriculum and Learning Model No world view Eat, sleep (sex) Dangerous and unknown Rituals, customs, traditions Strong survive Impulsive, passionate and want it now Chaos and self serving Rules, organisation and clear procedures Full of opportunities, excitement and challenge Innovation, wealth creation, exploration All are equal and worthy of respect and support Listening, support, sharing, empathy and co-operation Interwoven system working at many levels of complexity Problems solving, analysis, higher order thinking Dependent on all things and people for survival Holistic, live simply spiritual, global

43. The Three Influences On Energy and Motivation

45. To know and not to do is not yet to know. The Buddha

46. An unquestioned life is not worth living. Socrates

47. What do you have within that needs to get out?

48. What are your values and how do they impact your actions? We move towards… Power Love Success Freedom Intimacy Security Adventure Passion Comfort Health We move away from… Rejection Anger Frustration Loneliness Depression Failure Humiliation Guilt

51. The big question is: Are you ‘open’ or are you ‘closed’?

53. Http:// taxi.royleighton.com .

54. There is no such thing as try. Do or do not! Actions