Author: Kieran O'Connor

  I’ve a grand memory for forgetting. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON This last article of four will share what is probably the best example of the ‘separate and combine’ principle that I know of. It’s such a good example because it also takes into account how our memory can best be utilised with as little effort Read More

  Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN   Article Two looked at the former of the ‘Separate and Combine’ principle and we will now look at the latter element. The ‘combine’ dynamic can come about in many ways. Engagement of the mind is one Read More

  A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five. GROUCHO MARX Article One introduced a learning dynamic called ‘Separate and Combine’. We will now look in more detail at the ‘separate’ element. The term GIGO—Garbage In Garbage Out—has been used for years in the world of computers. Although Read More

  “If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself.” ALBERT EINSTEIN It’s a bit strange that there is very little instruction in any of our formal schooling about the fundamentals of how the human mind works. We ‘learn how to learn’ more by chance rather than by consciously Read More