"Twenty-five years ago, the notion was you could create a general problem-solver software that could solve problems in many different domains. That just turned out to be totally wrong ." Howard Gardner
Hacking the Humanities
Coaching a person means understand how the individual works, his or her motivation, the way they learn, the obstacles they find in certain areas and finding a way to move forward in a collaborative effort.
A lot of people drag themselves over time on a particular learning field,
because they haven't so far found the way to move forward. They keep
repeating the same learning patterns that have been proved unsuccessful
just because they do not know of any other way.
A key challenge at the start of a coaching relationship is helping the person identify the right problem to solve. It is essential to understand if it is a
One-time problem or Pattern, if the problem is due to Circumstance or Attitude.
To be able to support an individual in such a way, it is necessary to have a more
than general knowledge of how the mind works in a learning situation, how
each person has different ways to represent new information and to memorize
it.
In a holistic approach it is essential to involve not only the mind, but also the
emotions and the body.
At the end of this coaching method, an individual should be able to confidently
overcome the targeted obstacle and, last but not least, acquire a new
understanding of how to learn and how to study any topic they desire and feel
more confident in his/her working environment.
In the second part of this work, the case studies presented will show how
a number of approaches were used to help different individuals solve
different or similar problems in a variety of ways, according to their personality
and interests.
This work also includes the results of a previous research on the relation
between how you study a school subject and your level of proficiency in that
subject. It will show how different ways to study are more or less effective
according to the way your mind works.
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