What is a 'good learner'? - recognising what successful learners do
Featured in the Learning to Learn training manual
By Aileen Goodman
Category: Learning Methodologies
Credit price: 3 download credits (Single user)
Recognising and acknowledging our own successes can sometimes be quite difficult. Having a clear picture of what we are aiming for can be helpful in determining when we have reached our goals.
This training activity begins with a brief introductory puzzle in which participants use the right side of their brain, they then use artwork to depict their models of a ‘good learner’. They analyse these drawings to draw out the key skills, abilities and qualities of good learners. Participants then use a self-assessment learning log to complete the activity.
Who is it for: This training activity is intended for use by trainers to give an outline of how a ‘good learner’ demonstrates their competence so that participants can model this behaviour.
| Resource Type: | Activity |
| Min Group Size: | 12 |
| Max Group Size: | 20 |
| Typical Duration: | 01:35:00 |
| No of Pages: | 12 |
Resources: View standard resources for Fenman training activities
Additional resources: A good supply of cocktail sticks (12 per participant).
Purpose: This training activity is primarily to define a model for good learners as part of a learning to learn programme. It can easily be used to define other models of good practice by changing the subject for the drawings to, for example, ‘good managers’.
Download the training activity, What is a 'good learner'? - recognising what successful learners do as featured in the Fenman training manual; Learning to Learn