Using Awareness of Self Gained through the Let Me Learn Process

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1 Using Awareness of Self Gained through the Let Me Learn Process

2 Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity and Innovation in Nutrition Education Aware of how you take in the world around you. Aware of how you make sense of what you have taken in. Aware of how to respond appropriately. Aware of how you learn!

3 PART I

4 How Does Learning Occur? Sound Taste Touch Sight BRAIN S P TR C Patterns Smell MIND Declarative Memory facts, dates, specifics & associative Using Learning Internal Processes Chatter with Intention Non-declarative Memory rules, values, beliefs, muscle, general, & associative (C. Johnston, Let Me Learn, 2014)

5 Sequence I want clear directions. I like to do things from beginning to end. I value neatness and order. I want to know if I am meeting expectations.

6 SEQUENCE Directions, Planning & Organization I mentally organize Information. You Think You Act I make lists. You Feel I feel good when things are neat and tidy.

7 Precision I want precise explanations. I ask a lot of questions. I take lots of notes. Words are my friends.

8 Precision Accuracy, Detail & Information I mentally check the accuracy of the facts. You Think You Act You Feel I feel good when I have all the facts.

9 Technical Reasoning I need to see the purpose of my work. I like to work alone. I like things that are relevant and practical. If it s broken, I want to fix it.

10 Technical Reasoning Problem Solving, Relevance & Autonomy I mentally try to see the machine working. You Think You Act You Feel I feel frustrated when I can t see the relevance.

11 Confluence 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. I learn from my failures.

12 Confluence Ideas, Uniqueness & Risk Taking I think Big Picture. You Think You Act You Feel I feel frustrated when not allowed to do things differently.

13 Your Patterns in Action SEQUENCE Order, Planning & Organization PRECISION Accuracy, Detail & Information Problem Solving, Relevance & Autonomy Ideas, Uniqueness & Expression CONFLUENCE TECHNICAL REASONING

14 67 Respondents Sequence Precision Technical Reasoning Confluence MEAN MEDIAN MODE

15 S P TR C Lots of ideas; struggles to organize Wants accurate info; cautious A one person team; problem solver A bit of a different drummer A one person team with certainty An engineering perspective A bridge who leads from the middle.

16 Six Characteristics of Effective Nutrition Videos Use real scenarios. Make them into short segments. Have a single, clear message. Convey a skill in action. Have the message relate to a familiar setting. Help the viewer conceptualize the information. The Journal of Nutrition and Behavior, 2012

17 Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity and Innovation in Nutrition Education Part II Free Your Creativity

18 Creativity is Found in Each Learning Pattern SEQUENCE Creatively organize Prezi Power Pt Organizing from the Inside Out PRECISION Creatively use information, words, documentation Propaganda Statistics TECHNICAL REASONING Creatively solve problems Combat engineering "Houston, we have a problem. "Failure is not an option. CONFLUENCE Creatively launch into the unknown Google Apple

19 Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity and Innovation in Nutrition Education 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. 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. 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. I m Alice Waters, brief but spectacular chef and restaurant owner, NPR The News Hour, July 23, 2015

20 Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity and Innovation in Nutrition Education Part III Make It Real

21 Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity and Innovation in Nutrition Education 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.

22 At CACS, Creativity and Innovation in Nutrition Education is Made Real Each Day as. Students, teachers, and staff apply their selfdeveloped Personal Learning Profiles to make learning work for them. Students engage in monthly Making Sense Days where they connect book learning and their personal learning processes to the real world. Students experience healthy eating for healthy learning through:

23 Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity and Innovation in Nutrition Education The school chef engaging students in food preparation. The planting, maintenance, and harvesting of a school garden. The school s affiliation with 4-H, and The conducting of monthly service learning projects.

24 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.

25 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.

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34 Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity and Innovation in Nutrition Education Not Just gimmicks Some Food for Thought 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. Chris Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie, 2015

35 For More Information Dr. Christine A. Johnston, Joel Johnston, Executive Director,