NQT and ITT CPD Training on 'Accelerated Learning' 20th April 2009

The following post has been created to share resources from the 'Accelerated Learning' session on Monday 20th April 2009, and to provide links to additional resources should you wish to read more widely around this topic. The first video is a brilliant Keynote speech entitled 'Are our schools killing creativity?' by Sir Ken Robinson exploring contemporary public education; the emphasis being placed on academia and the potential consequences of this on future generations of children.

Here are two more 'Key-note' recordings of Sir Ken Robinson at a conference in San Fransico. Be inspired:

http://www.edutopia.org/sir-ken-robinson-creativity-video

http://www.edutopia.org/sir-ken-robinson-creativity-part-two-video

Additional Resources:

1. Howard Gardener's Multiple Intelligences Questionnaire for students:
http://www.businessballs.com/freepdfmaterials/free_multiple_intelligences_test_young_people.pdf

2. 7 Intelligences mindmap Poster

7 Intelligences of Accelerated Learning Motivational Mind Map Poster

Publish at Scribd or explore others: School Work study posters

3. Multiple Intelligences Learning Style Quiz for you. Another appears in the links below to do with your students:

http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-learning-styles-quiz

4. Special coverage of 'Multiple Intelligences' in 'Edutopia' online magazine:
http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-introduction

5. Teachers TV: Tony Buzan Interview

Tony Buzan: In this lecture to an audience of teachers, Tony, the man credited with creating the 'Mind Map', explains how schools are depriving children of their innate ability to think creatively. Tony suggests that creativity declines in people as they go through the education system. He argues that the key to stopping this is to teach children how to learn and think at the same time as they are being taught the basics. Tony believes the focus of education should shift from teaching what people need to learn to teaching people how to learn. Click on the link below to see the programme on Teachers TV:

http://www.teachers.tv/video/5082

Here is a WORDLE I created to embody some of the techniques that might be employed to 'ACCELERATE LEARNING'. Click to enlarge: