Using Awareness of Self Gained through the Let Me Learn Process

Using Awareness of Self

Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity

and Innovation in Nutrition Education

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Aware of how you take in the world around

you.

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Aware of how you make sense of what you

have taken in.

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Aware of how to respond appropriately.

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Aware of how you learn!

Internal Chatter

How Does Learning Occur?

Declarative Memory

facts, dates, specifics & associative

Non-declarative Memory

rules, values, beliefs, muscle, general, & associative

MIND

BRAIN

Patterns

Sight

Sound

Taste

Touch

Smell

S

P

TR

C

Sequence

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I want clear directions.

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I like to do things from beginning to end.

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I value neatness and order.

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I want to know if I am meeting

SEQUENCE

Directions, Planning & Organization

You

Think

You

Act

You

Feel

I mentally

organize

Information.

I feel good

when things

are neat

and

tidy.

I make lists.

Precision

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I want precise explanations.

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I ask a lot of questions.

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I take lots of notes.

Precision

Accuracy, Detail & Information

You

Think

You

Act

You

Feel

I mentally

check the

accuracy of

the facts.

I feel good

when I have

all the

facts.

Technical Reasoning

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I need to see the purpose of my work.

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I like to work alone.

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I like things that are relevant and practical.

Technical Reasoning

Problem Solving, Relevance & Autonomy

You

Think

You

Act

You

Feel

I mentally

try to see

the machine

working.

I feel frustrated

when I can’t

see the

relevance

.

Confluence

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I like to be the first person to try

new things.

•

I like to come up with unique

approaches to doing a task.

•

I take risks.

Confluence

Ideas, Uniqueness & Risk Taking

You

Think

You

Act

You

Feel

I think

“Big

Picture”.

I feel frustrated

when not allowed

to do things

differently.

Your Patterns in Action

Problem

Solving,

Relevance &

Autonomy

Accuracy,

Detail &

Information

TECHNICAL

REASONING

SEQUENCE

PRECISION

CONFLUENCE

Ideas,

Uniqueness &

Expression

Order,

Planning &

Organization

67 Respondents

Sequence Precision Technical Reasoning Confluence

MEAN 24

27

20

22

MEDIAN 24

27

20

22

S

P

TR C

09

21

19

33

Lots

of

ideas;

struggles

to

organize.

18

26

13

14

Wants

accurate

info;

cautious.

27

28

32

20

A

one

person

team;

problem

‐

solver

13

15

24

26

A

bit

of

a

different

drummer.

26

27

25

25

A

one

person

team

with

certainty.

20

25

29

21

An

engineering

perspective.

Six Characteristics of Effective

Nutrition Videos

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Use real scenarios.

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Make them into short segments.

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Have a single, clear message.

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Convey a skill in action.

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Have the message relate to a familiar setting.

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Help the viewer conceptualize the information.

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Part II

Free Your Creativity

Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity

and Innovation in Nutrition Education

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_SEQUENCE

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_{Creatively organize}

Prezi Power Pt

Organizing from the Inside Out

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PRECISION

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Creatively use information, words, documentation

Propaganda

Statistics

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TECHNICAL REASONING

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Creatively solve problems

Combat engineering

"Houston, we have a problem.“ "Failure is not an option.“

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CONFLUENCE

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Creatively launch into the unknown

Google

Apple

Creativity is Found in Each Learning

Pattern

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I think that the very best way to teach slow food values in a

fast food culture is through edible education. And so I created

a project called the Edible Schoolyard.

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The idea is to bring them into a new relationship to food and

agriculture. And they’re learning about history of a foreign

country, and they’re cooking the food of that place.

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Probably the greatest lesson I have learned from the Edible

Schoolyard project is that, when children grow food and they

cook it, they all want to eat it.

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I’m Alice Waters, brief but spectacular chef and restaurant

owner, NPR The News Hour, July 23, 2015

Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity

and Innovation in Nutrition Education

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Part III Make It Real

Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity

and Innovation in Nutrition Education

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The Let Me Learn Process ® is an Advanced

Learning System that equips individuals with

an understanding of their personal Learning

Processes so they can develop and use them

to their fullest potential at home, at school, at

work, and in the greater community.

Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity

and Innovation in Nutrition Education

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Students, teachers, and staff apply their

self-developed Personal Learning Profiles to make

learning work for them.

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Students engage in monthly Making Sense Days

where they connect “book learning” and their

personal learning processes to the real world.

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Students experience healthy eating for healthy

learning through:

At CACS, Creativity and Innovation in Nutrition Education

is Made Real Each Day as….

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The school chef engaging students in

food preparation.

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The planting, maintenance, and

harvesting of a school garden.

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The school’s affiliation with 4-H, and

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The conducting of monthly service

learning projects.

Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity

and Innovation in Nutrition Education

Martha, our school chef and

nutritionist works her magic with

not only food, but also with

students.

To increase student participation

in the school lunch program, she

along with the teachers and

leadership of the school

sponsored a “take-out” evening

where families could order one of

three full dinner menus and

experience CACS “healthy eating

for healthy learning” first hand.

I think that the very best way to teach slow food values is

through edible education. And so I created a project called

the Edible Schoolyard.

Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity

and Innovation in Nutrition Education

Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity

and Innovation in Nutrition Education

Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity

and Innovation in Nutrition Education

Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity

and Innovation in Nutrition Education

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Just Some Food for Thought

Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity

and Innovation in Nutrition Education

Not gimmicks or tricks, entreaties or threats or

bribes bring about creativity, innovation, or

changed behavior. But instead understanding

yourself and the individual with whom you are

seeking to interact – that is where true creativity

and innovation begin – and with them come

understanding, trust, healthy growth and lasting

change.

For More Information

Dr. Christine A. Johnston, [email protected]

Joel Johnston, Executive Director, [email protected]

www.letmelearn.org