This seminar is highly interactive and uses whole brain learning techniques to show the participants how they can become empowered learners. The methodology and the content of this seminar is innovative and will greatly assist participants in understanding their own strengths as a learner and how best to approach new learning situations.

Seminar: Learning Mastery through Empowered Learning

• Profiling the learner
• The foundations for effective learning
• Strategies for empowered learning.

Section 1: Profiling the Learner

• Areas of Intelligence – We use the intelligences identified by Howard Gardiner for this purpose.

• Left Brain/Right Brain Dominant – Here the students identify their personal strengths and are also introduced to tools which will strengthen the less dominant side of their brain.

• Learning Style – The participants will identify their preferred learning style whether it be Auditory, Visual or Kinesthetic and will be given advice on study techniques which are appropriate to each type of learner.

• The Structure of the Brain – Participants are introduced to the different parts of the brain and given an overall understanding of how we operate from different parts of our brain depending on the situation and circumstance.

Section 2: The Foundations for Effective Learning

• Diet, Sleep and Exercise – These are key elements to success in all areas of life and the important of each for the learning perspective will be reinforced.

• Motivation – The first and most important step is to have the participants connect with the reason they want to achieve good results in their exams. This is the most important element of any study program. In order to achieve any result you must have a strong enough reason why.  We help to find and articulate that reason.

• Goal Setting – The importance of having the right focus and direction is emphasised and explained. If the participants have already completed the Leadership Mastery Program, they will be aware of importance of setting goals in each area of their life and have articulated the goals they want to achieve in this area.

• Time Management – A critical skill in any learning program. Getting the best out of the time you put in is one of the most important skills that can be developed in any walk of life. Participants are thought how to structure and organise their time to use it in the most productive way possible and in a way that is conducive to the learning process.

• Environment – Creating an environment that is conducive to the learning experience can often improve the results achieved dramatically.

Section 3: Strategies for Empowered Learning

• Active Reading – Here the participants are introduced to methods of increasing their reading speed and comprehension.

• Relaxed Alertness – Often the reason for poor results is not the lack of preparation but a failure to control one's physical and mental state on the day. The participants are shown how to control their physiology and focus in order to get the best from themselves. Each participant is given specific techniques that will assist them in getting the best from themselves on the day of the exam.

• Mind Maps – Mind Maps are now regarded world wide as an efficient way of organising, structuring and remembering information. Used by more than 250 million people worldwide, they are an essential skill for today's students.

• Memory Techniques – Students are introduced to the power ful memory techniques such as The Journey method and mnemonics and how to use them. When these tools are used in conjunction with Active Reading techniques and Mind Maps the participants develop a powerful system for consolidating and remembering new information and can approach all new learning with much greater confidence.

At the end of the seminar the participant have the potential of becoming empowered learners. They will achieve this by repeating and consolidating the material presented and if they do so, will approach all new learning situations in a new and more confident manner.

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