The Theory Part - Learning about learning - A talk by Wali Zahid at 29th SPELT Conference 2013 This Powerpoint will be useful if read with this detailed document: http://www.slideshare.net/wali11/the-theory-part-learning-about-learning-wali-zahid-24849318 http://www.scribd.com/doc/157515625/The-Theory-Part-Learning-About-Learning-Wali-Zahid

1. The Theory Part
Learning about learning
Wali Zahid | ceo, Skill City Bahrain
29th Annual International SPELT Conference
Lahore, Pakistan: 2 November 2013

2. Mingle: Theorist hunt
• Stand up. Try to meet everyone
• Tell them
1. Which theory you are good at (in
learning & training field)
2. Which theory you are keen to
know more about
• Move to next person

3. Who’s Wali?
• Asian businesses have known Wali for his 20-year
work on business leadership & executive coaching
• Leads the longest-running Train-The-Trainer
program | 14th year | 16+ Asian locations |
1,000+ trainers
• Taught MBA courses at IBA, ZABIST, CBM, UMT
• Board/Advisory @ LCWU, Indus Valley, CBM, PSTD
• At heart: a disruptor | challenging training
efficacy, schooling, leadership readiness

4. World’s first paper-free TTT

5. That’s us on web | skillcity.co

6. Fb.com/skillcity - Like us 

7. Advising Nawaz Sharif govt
• Was flown in to advise the new
Nawaz Sharif government on
turning around state-owned
enterprises before the cabinet
took oath!

8. CEO leadership workshop

9. 2050 interview - Urdu Digest

10. CEO Summit with Shahbaz

11. At Pakistan Vision 2025 meet

12. Three parts of the talk
1. What is learning & teaching?
2. What are some of the most
useful learning theories?
3. How can we use this learning as
an educator?

13. Part 1
What is learning & teaching?

14. So just what is training?
1. What is learning?
2. What is active learning?
3. What is teaching?
4. What is training?
5. What is facilitating?

15. Mini Quiz: Who’s who?
Match the descriptions with the definitions?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Someone explaining how to assemble a rifle.
Someone preparing a class of O Level for their GCSEs.
Someone preparing a group of athletes to run a race.
Someone encouraging workers to find ways to
increase their employability.
E. Someone giving prepared lessons to a group of univ
students.
F. Someone helping a student to prepare for a test.
Lecturer
Tutor
---------
Trainer
Teacher
----- Instructor
----- Facilitator
---------

16. What is active learning?
• Active learning is when learners
are engaged in more activities
than just listening.
• They are involved in dialogue,
debate, writing and problem
solving, as well as higher-order
thinking.
Bonwell and Eison

17. From simple to complex
• As you move from simple to complex
tasks, two types of learning required:
• Collaborative learning: carefully
structured. Group formation and
learner roles important
• Cooperative learning: a form of
collaborative learning that has five
specific criteria to maximise learning

18. Cooperative learning
Five key components:
1. Positive interdependence: each individual
depends on and is accountable to the others
2. Individual accountability: each person in the
group learns the materials
3. Promotive interaction: group members help
one another, share information, clarify
4. Social skills: emphasis on interpersonal skills
5. Group processing: assessing how effectively
they are working with one another

19. 14 ways to acquire knowledge

20. Learning combination lock

21. Use combinations
• Each trainee, child, adult, learner
has a unique combination lock –
the way they will learn. Use that!
• This brings us to mass
customisatisation!

22. Learner readiness
• What is more important for a learner
to learn new skills, knowledge and
attitude in face-to-face, classroom
setting?
1. Trainer expertise and effective
delivery, or
2. Learner willingness and motivation

23. Learner readiness: SkillCity poll
When the
student is
ready, the
teacher
arrives!

24. Wali on learner readiness
A learner will only develop a
skill
if they have the
will
Shaolin Soccer clip

25. What is will & skill?
• Will = desire,
• Skill = ability,
hunger, drive,
competence,
ambition,
capability,
willingness, your
something you
reason for being, are known for,
mindset
niche, skillset

26. Wali’s Will-Skill Matrix v1

27. To increase…
• Will = find out
• Skill = The P word
what really excites • Practice. Practice.
you (OCD), make it
Practice.
your life’s purpose • Gladwell: 10,000
• Also, find out
hours of practice!
what’s holding you
back!

28. The right vs the easy thing!
• Rise and shine clip
• Welcome to the grind!
• This clip will guide you how to
create global success and create
Olympians!

29. Gen Y’ers / Millennial kids

30. Millennial/Gen Y workforce

31. Gen Y learning preferences
1. Doing is more important than knowing
2. A need for immediacy
3. Trial and error approach to problem
solving (PBL)
4. Low boredom threshold
5. Multitasking and parallel processing
6. Visual, nonlinear and virtual learning
7. Collaborative learning
8. Constructivist approach Source: Ashridge UK 2010

32. In summary…
Gen Y’ers/Millennials:
• Teachers, principals, bosses, parents do
not matter much – knowledge is cheap!
• Instead, peers influence their decisions!
• Extremely low attention spans
• Low boredom threshold
• Parallel processing: texting/study/talking

33. The way Gen Y will work
• Did you know? Social media
version clip
• Microsoft Future Vision clip

34. Part 2
What are some of the most
useful learning theories?

35. Learning theories

36. Learning about learning
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Classical Conditioning Theory (Pavlov)
Kolb’s Experiential Learning Theory
Four Stages of Learning
Bloom’s Taxonomy - original & revised
Sensory Learning Preferences (NLP)
VARK learning styles (Neil Fleming)
Multiple Intelligences (Gardner)

37. Classical conditioning theory

38. Classical conditioning theory
• People learn either to seek a
reward or avoid a punishment

39. Kolb’s Learning Cycle
Apply
Do
Learn
Review

40. Kolb Learning Styles Inventory

41. Honey and Mumford LSI

42. Four Stages of Learning
Unconscious incompetence
Conscious incompetence
Conscious competence
Unconscious competence

43. Curve in Stages of Learning

44. Bloom’s Taxonomy
Evaluation
Synthesis
Analysis
Application
Comprehension
Knowledge

45. Bloom’s old vs new compared

46. Bloom’s old vs new compared

47. Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy

48. iPad apps on Bloom wheel

49. Bloom teacher planning kit

50. Bloom verbs for outcomes

51. Sensory Learning Preferences

52. 4 VARK styles – Q 1 2013
27%
28%
21%
24%
V
A
R
K
May 2013: Based on the 101,773 responses to online VARK
Questionnaire during January-April 2013.

53. 4 VARK styles – Q 4 2011

54. 8 Multiple Intelligences

55. Multiple Intelligences applied

56. Part 3
How can we use this
learning as an educator?

57. Research: what we retain…

58. Activities vs outcomes

59. Our action plan
• Use variety of learning methods
that are suitable to Gen Y
• Use teacher behavior that is
helpful, non-controlling
• Use activities which help in longterm memory

60. Manage disruptive learners
• How a Social Studies Grade 7
teacher develops projectorientation!
• Pay It Forward clip

61. Become likeable!
• Every child needs a champion
TED clip
• Kids don’t learn from people they
don’t like!

62. And, don’t …
• Don’t punish everyone for one
person’s mistake
• Clip

63. Part: Bonus
Open Space Technology

64. Open Space Technology
• A remarkable, but not
mainstreamed method
• Some tried, but couldn’t go on!

65. OST: Four Principles
1. Whoever comes is the right people
2. Whenever it starts is the right time
3. Whatever happens is the only thing
that could have
4. When it’s over, it’s over

69. Try OST
• You may like to try OST some
time and see how results are
different and learner motivation
increases!

70. My Action Plan

71. Thank You!
Wali Zahid
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