Have you ever head the phrase that expresses the sentiment everything you ever needed to know was somehow packaged nice and neatly in the walls of elementary school. I found myself wondering the other day if that were somehow more true that I gave it credit for.
I used to be a teacher and have taught elementary, middle and high school. Elementary school teachers know that the more senses you can lead students when teaching, the better chance you have for students to really learn. Those synapses fire and form stronger bonds of memory when you are making letters from play dough or making letter games with spelling words. Somehow though, we think as learners grow older they don’t need those strategies.
However, adult learners not only need to understand why they are learning something, but also need more multiple sensory inputs. Before you plan your next training topic, take a moment to think how you can make it interactive. This may mean putting your audience in a bit of a uncomfortable area. Most likely, they will not be expecting something that will put them into a multi-sensory environment. However, if you start tying what is being learned into multi-sensory approaches, go ahead and look for how changes are made in the affected work areas. Start looking for changes.
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