Episode 40. Our greatest mistake-thinking that because we spoke, it was heard

Jan and Bronte, well Jan mostly, share some funny stories from her teaching days but as always there is a point to these stories. There is always a segue, anecdote or metaphor and this time is no different.

In education we teach explicitly, with expectations that students will understand because of the assumption that they have 'listened', therefore understood. But what if they didn't not hear or process what we have explained. What if it never made it into their working memory?

How should we be checking in for attention and understanding? How does our Negative Mind overwrite incoming information and where is the opportunity for feedback and change?

Sounds like this mistake is not only made in education and teaching. The comparison to Family Based Therapy (FBT) and why this 'explicit' form of treatment not only misses the mark but creates enduring harm is an easy contrast. 30% of individuals in FBT will in all likelihood recover but perhaps these are the same group that survive mainstream education relatively unscathed. Lucky for them. They are the middle. Where does this leave the rest of us?

Lot's to think about and ultimately identify how we, as individuals work best. An episode for everyone.