Accelerated Learning. / Home / Learning Here / Support for School Staff / Highland Learning and Teaching Toolkit / Learning and Teaching Issue Papers Learning and Teaching should be Flexible: Research reveals that accelerated learning techniques can enhance retention and lead to improved performance. Many educationalists have been working on the most effective approaches to classroom teaching. In America the Accelerated Schools programme was established, aimed particularly at improving education for at-risk pupils. The term “accelerated learning” is used, sometimes fairly loosely, to indicate modern research-based approaches to learning, drawn from a wide range of fields such as neuro-science, psychology, and learning theory.
Points Arising from Research Accelerated Learning is very much research-based. Key Elements of Accelerated Learning Smith summarises his work with the acronym (he’s fond of these) NO LIMIT: Know the brain: Openness and relaxation Learn to capacity Multiple Intelligence activities. Exploring%20the%20Accelerated. Accelerated learning article. By Brin Best (www.brinbest.com) IN THE LAST few years there has been a huge upsurge in interest from schools in the educational approach known as accelerated learning. A number of influential books on the subject have been published, courses have mushroomed and the major speakers on the topic have become media personalities in their own right. But for many teachers the topic is still clouded in mystery and many are left wondering if this is just another new initiative which is currently in fashion, but will soon fade away. This article attempts to explain what all the fuss is about and consider what accelerated learning has to offer your more able students.
Accelerated learning and acceleration – what’s the difference? One of the main reasons for confusion among teachers over what accelerated learning is stems from the related and quite separate issue of acceleration (see definitions below). Key definitions The history of accelerated learning in the UK Accelerated learning explained Websites.
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