Out of the 818 subscribers here are there any teachers, head teachers among you that have an interest in using NLP in an educational context?

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Nick Kemp

Thanks for responses!

Nick

me no teacher, me no repsond.

oh no i just have!

Val is a nursery nurse, if that helps? trouble is she is at key stage -1

Quick question - what's key stage 4-5? Not being a parent I'm a bit ignorant about the current system.

Jane Mathison (the UK's first Doctor of NLP)at the University of Surrey is doing a modelling project about uses of NLP in ''Transformative Learning'' but I think she's focussed on adults and older kids.

Hi there, have only just found this thread since the forum changed lol. If you are still wondering what key stage 4 and 5 are; they are the GCSE years and AS/A2 years... or... years 10,11,12 and 13 or.. last 2 of compulsory and first 2 of post-compulsory.

Penny

I teach in a sixth form college and I am interested in using NLP more extensively. I currently use some techniques on a 1-1 basis but would be interested in looking at using it in classroom situations as well.

Hi Liz, I was just thinking about one of the idea's that Kate Burton (I think it was her) had for a hot spot in the classroom. The idea for the hot spot in that instant was as a place where you always address bad behaviour from, the idea being that eventually the students realise that if you are stood on that spot you are not happy with them and they will settle down automatically.

I am curious to know whether this will work for introducing new information. Every time you introduce some new information you could stand in the one spot to do it. If you incorporate the pre-requsites for a good audience into that spot, i.e the students are listening to you and are giving you their full attention and a spirit of curiosity for learning something new; it might work really well.

If you try it would you get back to me with feedback please?

Penny

Hi Penny,

That's Kate Benson, just to make sure everyone can search for her easily.

And spacial anchors (the hot spots you referred to) are often part of NLP trainer's trainings and yes, you can make certain spots 'mean' certain things in the mind of your audience, knowingly or not. I'd recommend that anyone who teaches or does public speaking consider taking a trainer's training or an NLP based public speaking course like Jonathan Altfeld's Holographic Communications. It's really just about effectively and engagingly conveying information to a group, any group!

Hope that's helpful!

Be Well,

Michael Perez

Ah Benson, of course duh at me. Thanks Michael

Hi all,
I work as a Lecturer in Bournemouth College (6th Form, PE and IT) and am about to embark on a new job at City of Bath College as a Blended Learning Developer. I have some ideas that are based around delivery techniques and am putting the resources together as we speak. Would love to share some ideas with people either just for general interest or for collaborating ideas. My initial ideas are to really push the limits of PowerPoint to hit the individual and collective VAK levels, also for tutorial work using various techniques to stimulate ideas on what the students future plans are.

Unite and we shall beat the sceptics!

x

Matt

Hi Matt,

First of all I think it's brilliant you're bringing your NLP skills into your new post. I lectured in F & HE for 20 years before discovering NLP and now, when I float back down my timeline, I see so many ways I could have made much more of a difference.

I would be wary of using PowerPoint as the projector or screen can induce trance (unless that's the plan, of course ). That said, if you use PP in a whole new way I'd be very interested in what you're doing.

There's so much scope to make a massive difference in education - yes, when we unite the door will now keep opening to us.

Freedom and love,
Ian

Hello Matt
Ian is right about Power point - it has a certain frequency which sets up a brain wave pattern conducive to a particular state of consciousness - however it appears that white boards don't have the same effect! Even so I use it quite a bit. I think it is about using all teaching resources elegantly and specifically for the response you want. We have a module on our Teaching Excellence programme which is exploring NLP and IT. Oddly enough two people from your previous college are attending! Synchronicity rules!
Warm regards
Kate