Description
Book SynopsisColin Beard is a consultant and senior lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University. He works with clients internationally in corporate organizations, higher and further education and adult education.
Trade Review"Beard...presents 30 learning "experiences" (i.e. activities) that educational and training practitioners can put to use to promote learning on a wide range of topics, including service learning, corporate social responsibility, customer service skills, company product knowledge retention, strategic thinking and negotiating, financial skills, time management, and the development of innovation and creativity." * Book News Inc. *
Table of Contents
- Chapter - 4.5: String lines: exploring journeys in life;
- Section - FIVE: The fifth dimension: knowing;
- Chapter - 5.1: The marketplace: developing creativity and innovation;
- Chapter - 5.2: How to get to…: developing higher thinking;
- Chapter - 5.3: The Singapore obelisk: multiple intelligence (logical/mathematical);
- Chapter - 5.4: Skills for researching and consulting: practitioner-researcher training;
- Chapter - 5.5: Walk the talk: learning to understand complexity;
- Section - SIX: The sixth dimension: being;
- Chapter - 6.1: Cards on the table: learning to change by playing cards;
- Chapter - 6.2: Comic strips and newspapers: reflection and change using storylines;
- Chapter - 6.3: Behavioural awareness: changing individual and group behavioural interactions;
- Chapter - 6.4: Service learning: social and environmental responsibility;
- Chapter - 6.5: Unmasking: the hidden and unknown self
- Chapter - 4.4: Unfinished statements: sentences that access the feeling dimension;
- Chapter - 4.3: Reframing, rewriting, rethinking: the emotions of fear and risk;
- Chapter - 4.2: Accessing emotions: popular metaphors;
- Chapter - 4.1: Ace of spades: space for reflection;
- Section - FOUR: The fourth dimension: feeling;
- Chapter - 3.5: Nuts and bolts: systematic thinking – classifying and organizing;
- Chapter - 3.4: The rucksack and the fleece: effective presentations;
- Chapter - 3.3: Shape and colour: using the senses to generate conversations about learning and personality;
- Chapter - 3.2: Blindfold: communication and the senses;
- Chapter - 3.1: Brand sense: the role of senses in brand development;
- Section - THREE: The third dimension: sensing;
- Chapter - 2.5: Hearing voices: voice work for reception and call-centre training;
- Chapter - 2.4: Antiques Roadshow: developing product expertise in employees;
- Chapter - 2.3: Read all about them: an experience to develop writing skills;
- Chapter - 2.2: Altering reality: negotiating skills development;
- Chapter - 2.1: Bike it!: teams, leadership and communication;
- Section - TWO: The second dimension: doing;
- Chapter - 1.5: Listening to silence: experiencing silence through sensory focus;
- Chapter - 1.4: Different ways to know: spatial mapping of knowledge;
- Chapter - 1.3: Edventure: learning encounters with people and place;
- Chapter - 1.2: Coffee and papers: positive mood and reading retreats for learning;
- Chapter - 1.1: Just four steps: customer service and customer complaints;
- Section - ONE: The first dimension: belonging;
- Chapter - 0: Introduction;