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Memory Part 3

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Jon Tibke
22 March, 2021
MEMORY PART THREE (then we’ll forget about this and look at something else next month…..) To round off this first three-part exploration of memory, I’m going to draw a few things together and throw in a few more memorisation principles. Of course, we could talk about memory forever and I will...

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Memory Part Two

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Jon Tibke
16 February, 2021
MEMORY PART TWO You do of course remember something from Memory Part 1 last month? Homer Simpson? That’s not just me being flippant. You may initially not have recalled anything, but may well then find that the mention of Homer Simpson brings back the cartoon, the comment and even some of the...

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Thanks for the memories...

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Jon Tibke
13 January, 2021
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES (OR WHY HOMER SIMPSON WAS WRONG) (Homer Simpson, Terrorizer Magazine) Like it or not, it’s looking like many of us once again have more time for CPD than we might have expected. These blogs are of course about how to learn effectively and a crucial aspect of that is...

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Why is everyone talking about 70 20 10 learning?

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Malcolm Sloan
11 December, 2020
Finding the time to do everything such as continual professional development (CPD) is not easy. As such, understanding how we best learn and retain information allows you to maximise the use of your precious time. In studies of how we learn the 70:20:10 model (first developed by Morgan McCall,...

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Planning your CPD

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Jon Tibke
20 November, 2020
Do I need it? Can I afford it? Will I use it? Is it worth it? I’m sure plenty of you will quickly spot that those questions are the ‘Money Mantras’ of money saving expert Martin Lewis. It often strikes me that they work quite well when deciding which of the ever-growing multiple CPD and training...

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A taste of what's to come...

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Jon Tibke
30 October, 2020
(Learning. Image from canva.com) I’m excited to present here what will be the first of a regular monthly blog on therapistlearning.com on matters of learning. This opening blog gives a taste of the learning-related themes that we’ll be exploring. If you’re here, it might be stating the obvious...

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How quickly do we forget what we have learnt and how do we improve?

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Malcolm Sloan
09 October, 2020
Traditionally, training has been done in bulk at the start of a new job or placement in the form of days and weeks in the classroom or doing an online course with a large number of modules. The promise was, and often still is, is that after this you will know everything you need to about that...

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Ever wondered why learning is so important? Or considered what the best techniques are in retaining knowledge? TLC have joined up with Jon Tibke (PhD, MSTA), author of Why the Brain Matters: A Teacher Explores Neuroscience, to delve into understanding the 'why' behind why we learn and why continued learning is so important!


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