L&D 2020:learning to learn in the 21st century

Helping individuals develop their learning capability and desire to learn is seen as a key priority for both organisations and the education system and this topic is centre stage for the next L&D 2020 workshop. Learning to learn in the 21st century will be devoted to discussion and debate on how people learn and how L&D practitioners can best support learners. There will be an emphasis on the key role played by neuroscience and psychology in our understanding of how people learn.

Dr Celine Jacques from Capp will demonstrates how positive psychology has transformed our understanding of people and what it takes for them to perform at their best. She will examine the key research and evidence for areas of positive psychology that have compelling implications for learning. Dr Trish Riddell, a practicing neuroscientist, will provide an opportunity to discuss myths of the brain, to consider these in light of the latest findings in neuroscience and to build a better understanding of the way parts of the brain work together to create behaviour. Kimberley Hare of Kaizen Training will focus on the importance of state in learning and explore recent research from neuroscience into the five most powerful 'states' that optimise learning.

Phil Ball and Jamie Banks of EDF Energy will explore the background to the development of an internal coaching programme, Solutions Focussed Coaching, and how they supported and engaged with a broad group of learner to ensure its success. Dr Clara Seeger will introduce a practical brain-based model that encapsulates the five main drivers of social interaction and will demonstrate how she applies this is in her work on money and meaning within the banking industry. Through her coaching conversations with finance professionals Clara is gathering evidence that bankers perceive money as not intrinsically but socially meaningful in the same way as they experience meaning in social rather than intrinsic, material or philosophical terms.

The CEO from the Campaign for Learning Tricia Hartley will close the day with a look at their ten year action research programme on learning to learn approaches in schools and Colleges, and explore what this research has to tell us about designing effective workplace learning for adults.

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