Four learning styles sequence for maximum curriculum persuasion
There are four learning styles, and addressing them in sequence dramatically increases persuasion and retention. Why learners need motivation and benefits before they'll engage. What learners want theory and the big picture. How learners need action steps and procedures. What If learners learn by experimenting and seeing results for themselves. Most content misses at least two of these, leaving large segments of the audience disengaged. Teaching also accelerates your own learning because you think strategically about knowledge and consider how others will receive it — encoding information differently in your brain. Guide clients to their own insights rather than telling them what to change; self-generated realizations are far more durable than instructions.
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Four Learning Styles — Why What How and What If
The four learning styles are: Why (need motivation and benefits), What (want theory and big picture), How (need action steps and procedures), and What If (learn by experimenting and seeing results). Address all four in sequence for maximum persuasion.
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Guide Clients to Their Own Insights — Don't Just Tell Them
Guide clients to their own insights rather than telling them what to change. When clients come to realizations themselves, the change is much more powerful and longer lasting than when they're simply told what to do.
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Teaching Accelerates Your Own Learning
Teaching accelerates your own learning because you think strategically about knowledge and consider how others will receive it. Learning with the intention to teach encodes information differently in your brain.