SMART LEARNING -All About your Brain & Learning How to Learn

In this lecture learn both the importance of models (or theories) in learning and their limitations

In this lecture we look at our first simple model that can help us understand how the human brain works and how the model can predict what helps and hinders children's learning

In this lecture we look at a model that informs us about how the left and right side of the brain develop different attributes

In this lecture we look at the four main human brainwaves and their relevance to learning

This lecture tells us why we should not believe all the performance figures we are given about our local school, our teachers and our children. Numbers and data can deceive!

This lecture reviews the four stages that are required for both children and adults in order for learning to be effective (based on the research of Professor Phil Race)

This lecture gives an overview about Accelerated Learning (part of a presentation at an Accelerated Learning on-line conference). I contains a short piece on mind mapping (which is further developed in the lecture after this one)

This lecture is included in one of my other courses (The New Entrepreneurship and New Thinking for Business Success). It was basically preparation for a TED talk I was delivering in London and it is about the thinking required to solve our chronic problems. I'm including it here because it REVIEWS some of the Brain models we've already discussed in this course but it also adds information on a Brain Model called the DEFAULT NETWORK which wasn't covered in section 1 of the course so far

This lecture reviews what we have learnt in Section 2 of the course

In this lecture I take a look at Carol Dweck's research on MINDSETS and how this relates to all the other learning in this course. In the lecture I show some clips from a TEDx talk by Carol Dweck and if anyone is interested in viewing this complete TED talk it can be found here: https://www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing_that_you_can_improve#t-7799 

Did your schooling actually make you feel bad (rather than drawing out your full potential? Here I share a few insights from author and speaker Alfie Kohn about what he calls "Feel Bad Education"

In this short video Alfie Kohn shares insights on children and homework

Using a Mind Map as a guide, Barry Mapp talks through the ways that Mind Mapping can improve various aspects of a students learning.

A Webinar recording where Barry Mapp outlines some memory 'secrets' particularly as relates to Mind Mapping

A few interesting insights from a child prodigy with Autism (These are just a few clips from  a longer video that you can find on the internet using the search terms Jacob Barnett with the title of his talk 'Forget What you Know')

Around 2 minutes 20 seconds Jacob introduces himself and he talks about his autism. He also talks about Issac Newton and makes us wonder if Newton was maybe on the autistic spectrum?

This interview was mainly about Mind Mapping but throughout we touch on some of the inadequacies of our education systems both side of the pond

In this lecture (freely available on the internet) Soft Archon gives his perspective about what is wrong with our education systems in this short talk entitled "Why School makes Children Dumb"

Grading and grades are unhelpful and don't encourage deep effective learning

Barry being interviewed for a Business Podcast - this contains some points that may be of interest to the Smart Learning customers! This video also appears on some of my other courses.

A slightly different way of looking at the brain compared to the Triune Brain model (using the hand as a guide)