The Five Rules of Accelerated Learning
The Five Rules of Accelerated Learning
About the Book
The Five Rules for Accelerated Learning is a primer for finding your learning blind spots and questioning your assumptions about how learning works. By the end of this short book, you will have transformed the ways you perceive the possibilities and process of learning.
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
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1. Using This Book
- 1.1 Life Is A Game
- 1.2 MOVES
- 1.3 Special Sections
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2. The Five Rules
- 2.1 Why We’re Here
- 2.2 What We Do
- 2.3 What’s Next
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3. KEEP IT ALIVE
- 3.1 Aliveness
- 3.2 Willem’s Story of Responding to Aliveness
- 3.3 Diana’s Story of Aliveness in Action
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4. DO IT FOR REAL
- 4.1 Fluency
- 4.2 Diana’s Story of Applying Do It For Real to Workshop planning
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5. SETTING FIRST
- 5.1 Setting
- 5.2 Diana’s Story about Setting First
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6. START OBVIOUS, STAY OBVIOUS
- 6.1 Signal
- 6.2 Diana’s Story About Strengthening the Signal
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7. FOCUS ON FLOW
- 7.1 Focus
- 7.2 FOCUS Means Design
- 7.3 Diana’s Story about Staying Focused
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8. Pick A Skill And Design The Learning
- 8.1 When You Are the Learner
- 8.2 When You Are the Teacher/Mentor
- 8.3 Start At The Beginning
- 8.4 Ask the Five Questions
- 8.5 Use Physical Aids To Structure Learning
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9. MOVES
- 9.1 “LEARNING IS A GAME!”
- 9.2 KEEP IT ALIVE
- 9.3 DO IT FOR REAL
- 9.4 SETTING FIRST
- 9.5 START OBVIOUS, STAY OBVIOUS
- 9.6 FOCUS ON FLOW
- 9.7 IMITATE AN EXPERT (also known as COPYCAT)
- 9.8 TEACH A TEACHER
- 9.9 DEBRIEF
- 9.10 IMAGINE MASTERY
- 9.11 FAIL FAST
- 9.12 DIVERSIFY
- 9.13 START AT THE BEGINNING
- 9.14 JUST IN TIME
- 9.15 HOW FASCINATING!
- 9.16 FULL
- 9.17 BITE-SIZED PIECE
- 10. Conclusion
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