Course Information
This practical personal development workshop develops knowledge, judgement and workplace application in adult learning - mental skills. Participants explore good-practice principles, work through realistic examples and practise tools that can be adapted to their own roles and organisations.
The workshop emphasises active participation, reflection and transfer of learning. Facilitators can contextualise examples, exercises and discussion around the organisation's policies, industry, workforce and operating environment.
Workshop Objectives
- Explain the key principles associated with how adults acquire cognitive skills.
- Apply practical tools and techniques for attention, memory and retrieval.
- Use chunking, practice and feedback to support better workplace decisions and outcomes.
- Recognise common risks, barriers and good practices relating to scaffolding complex thinking.
- Develop a practical approach to metacognition and reflection that can be used after the workshop.
Who Should Attend
Employees, professionals and individuals who want to strengthen self-management, confidence, resilience and personal effectiveness.
Key Topics
• How adults acquire cognitive skills
• Attention, memory and retrieval
• Chunking, practice and feedback
• Scaffolding complex thinking
• Metacognition and reflection
• Assessing knowledge and decision skills
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