Tip is about Principle #4 of accelerated learning, which is to create a joyful learning environment that is also stress-free.
Accelerated learning is focused on whole body learning. As such, it incorporates activities and arrangements that will satisfy as many senses as possible. It also ensures to the extent possible that the learning environment is physically comfortable, psychologically safe, and stress-free.
Create a Joyful Learning Environment
Physical ways to do this include:
- playing music,
- organizing the room in small group seating arrangements,
- placing colorful pictures or kites on the walls,
- having koosh balls and other kinesthetic objects on the tables,
- using fragrant colored marking pens for table tent name cards and flip charts,
- providing food and beverages, and
- having water and bowls of candy on the tables.
Create a Stress-Free Environment:
A learning environment becomes stress-free when it:
- incorporates a variety of learning activities to meet the needs of different learning preferences,
- ensures that audiovisuals can easily been seen and heard,
- structures breaks every fifty minutes or so for physical and mental revitalization,
- follows a curriculum design that sets the learners up to be successful, and
- maintains a group facilitation approach that is respectful of the learners’ needs and interests.
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