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Learning Philosophies - Accelerated learning and PhotoReading
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INTRODUCTION - A quiet revolution is gathering momentum in the way we learn. In the last decade or so psychologists have begun to discover more of how the brain really works and how facts can be rapidly and deeply fixed in the memory. It's on these discoveries that Accelerated Learning is based.
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Conventional teaching has assumed that learning should involve determined concentration and frequent repetition. We now know that this style of learning is not efficient, because it causes unnecessary tension and it tends to involve just one half of the brain.
Accelerated Learning, in contrast, teaches you how to achieve a pleasantly relaxed, yet receptive state of mind, and presents information in new ways that actively involve both the left and right brains. ...
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A high proportion of all learning takes place at the subconscious level. So Accelerated Learning presents the student with new material in such a way that it is simultaneously absorbed by both the conscious and subconscious mind. Information, for example, is positioned so it can be absorbed in peripheral vision, and sentences are short and rhythmical because such facts are easily remembered.
The attraction, and paradox, is that the learner puts in no more conscious effort than normal; in fact less because she or he is relaxed. It is the fact that the material is presented in such a memorable way, to both the left and right brains, and to the conscious and subconscious mind, that accounts for the dramatic improvement in the speed and effectiveness of learning.
Accelerated Learning is not the development of one man. Dozens of Universities, Research Psychologists and professional educators have contributed to produce this unique way of presenting new information. The contributions range from the seminal work of Dr. Lozanov, to Nobel Prize winners Roger Sperry and Robert Ornstein, and to the recent work of N.L.P. researchers.
There are Accelerated Learning courses now in scores of Universities around the world. The technique has been incorporated in the Finnish school system by many individual teachers and also in the school system of the city of Chicago. Multi-national companies such as Shell Oil. General Motors and Hilton Hotels are using the method - as are dozens of U.S. Government Agencies and Embassies.
The effectiveness of Accelerated Learning has been objectively measured and Don Schuster, Professor of Psychology at Iowa State University, was able to record that "it produces at least 300% improvement in the speed and effectiveness of learning".
This book presents the background to the development of Accelerated Learning, the evidence, and describes the methods step by step. You will be able to try the technique and prove it for yourself.
We believe the impact of Accelerated Learning will be felt in every area of learning. UNESCO have acknowledged its effectiveness in learning languages, and the magazine "Educational Technology" claimed that "it is a tool that allows students to absorb and retain a two year language course in as few as 20 days. Almost any factual subject matter - chemistry, financial, medical, even management sciences can be presented in this framework. It is destined to have a revolutionary impact on human resources in the days to come".
"Psychology" magazine called Accelerated Learning "The key to the 21st Century" and Educational Psychologist Dr. Jean Houston claims "we are just beginning to discover the virtually limitless capacities of the mind".
Certainly it is a timely breakthrough, because we live in an age where the fast acquisition of more and more knowledge is a necessity. Accelerated Learning can achieve this, and because the results are so immediate, learning becomes enjoyable, satisfying and therefore motivating.
(by Colin Rose)
...the magazine "Educational Technology" claimed that "it is a tool that allows students to absorb and retain a two year language course in as few as 20 days."
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SUPERLEARNING FOR SUPERACHIEVEMENT -
Speak Russian like a native, play tennis like a pro... and meet the challenges of a high-tech world with high-powered memory skills! Superlearning 2000 is the fast, fun, and innovative learning technique that enables you to master any skill or subject- from computers to athletics to conversational French-in a fraction of traditional learning time. Hailed by the Fortune 500 as the mental technology of the future, proven by superachievers around the world, this revolutionary program will unlock your limitless potential, put you on the fast track to new opportunities and higher earnings... change forever the way you think about learning!
Discover:
- How you can fine-tune your memory and learn anything 2 to 5 times faster simply by tuning in to the right kind of music
- Which world-class mental techniques enhance athletic performance
- The step-by-step Superlearning techniques that keep you in step with technology
- How you can overcome learning blocks... and even learning disabilities
- How to boost creativity, rev up recall, and acquire expert know-how in any field while you relax!
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Embrace new reading choices -
Readers who thrive today take a different approach than the elementary school model of reading. They are flexible in their reading. They adjust their speed to the type of material at hand. They know what they want from the written piece. They consistently find gems of information that deliver real benefit.
Active, purposeful, questioning and fully engaged - that describes the best readers. These effective reading strategies become a part of your repertoire as you learn the PhotoReading whole mind system. In the process, you will discover enhanced retention, recall and enjoyment.
With the PhotoReading whole mind system you use the creative-intuitive mind as well as the critical-logical mind to accomplish your goals. ...
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PhotoReading shifts you away from the prevailing elementary reading model into whole mind reading and makes you a blasphemer of traditional reading theory. As such you will encounter many people who will say PhotoReading cannot possibly work. The next story illustrates what I mean.
A colleague at Learning Strategies Corporation discovered that even college professors resist new paradigms. Faculty members at a college in Minnesota tried to block us from offering the PhotoReading course on the grounds that PhotoReading is impossible.
Feeling invulnerable, we agreed to offer a demonstration. A volume of U.S. patent law was projected, page by page onto a television screen. My colleague PhotoRead this material as it was displayed at approximately thirty pages per second (over 690,000 words per minute). Afterwards, he scored 75 percent comprehension. In addition, he drew approximations of six patent illustrations and correctly identified their numeric sequence.
The paradigm had shifted right before their eyes. Do you suppose they supported the course? No. Seeing is not believing. To shift your paradigm you must believe it before you see it. Think of PhotoReading as a paradigm shift, and you will do the "impossible."
You cannot "read" at 25,000 words per minute
Before learning PhotoReading, many people hear such stories as above and respond with, "That is nuts! There is no way you can read that fast."
They are right. No one's "conscious mind" can read that fast.
PhotoReading is not "reading" as we know it. This kind of information processing is possible only when we temporarily bypass the critical, logical, analytical mind. We do not PhotoRead with the conscious mind. Instead, we draw on vast layers of the mind that remain largely unused during conventional reading. This literally means using the brain in a new way.
We still have to face everyday reading challenges, so let us employ an approach to reading that uses both hemispheres of the brain. From the left hemisphere we draw upon the abilities to analyze, sequence information, and reason logically. From the right hemisphere we get the abilities to synthesize, comprehend, create internal images, and respond intuitively.
When you learn to mentally photograph a book at a rate of one page per second-about 25,000 words per minute-you are taking a new approach to processing information. At such rates the old left-to-right, word-by-word, line-by-line method of elementary reading cannot operate. Instead, you meet the printed page using abilities ascribed to the right hemisphere of the brain.
After PhotoReading a book, the next step is to stimulate and activate your brain. This step of "activation" as we call it, lets you extract information you need from the book to accomplish your goals for reading.
Accepting that you can process the written word at an other-than-conscious level shifts the reading paradigm. Make this shift, and you can make your experience of reading powerful, effective, and easy.
Take an unexpected path to success -
Some aspects of PhotoReading may seem whimsical at first. Instead of learning the expected techniques of speed reading, you learn about the tangerine technique, cocktail weenies, lucid dreaming and other unusual processes. I purposefully guide you through experience that you have not had, probably do not want, and do not think you need.
Sound odd? It is no more odd than discovering the principles of physics by learning how to downhill ski. Why not do it that way? To help the paradigm shift, we must take an unusual, unexpected path. Otherwise we tend to solve our reading problem in ways that fit our current view of the problem.
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I thought I would give you feedback on my success in PhotoReading since using the book.
I wanted to get my master's degree. I tried taking a course 18 months ago. I was not able to complete it, because it took so much time and my grades were not good (C or D before I dropped the course).
I tried the PhotoReading method on some Navy correspondence courses, and it seemed to work well. I needed to test it for real, though. In the fall of 1993, I enrolled in two courses at the local junior college in business law and marketing. I used only the PhotoReading whole mind system.
The results were astounding. With no more effort than just going to class, I received not just A's, but I got the highest grade on every test in both classes. The best part was that I still had plenty of time with my family.
People at work and my family all say that what I am doing is impossible. I would have agreed with them one year ago, but instead I show them the transcripts to prove my progress. And still they do not believe.
I certainly am impressed.
Randy Now
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I got a promotion at work.
I am now the computer administrator for my company. I am in charge of the computer network including all maintenance, trouble shooting, documentation, and purchasing.
This happened after only 45 days at the new job, and I have to say in all honesty that it would not have happened if not for PhotoReading. Every time there was a computer problem at work, I would go home that night and dedicate 1/2 hour or so to PhotoReading books on the subject. When I went back to work the next day, I usually had a solution to the problem.
I have to admit that I had my doubts about the PhotoReading whole mind system. But when I got into an involved conversation with our $40-an-hour consultant about computer networks (a topic I had known virtually nothing about two months ago), and never once lost track of what he was saying, I knew something was working!
My supervisor was with us at the time, and his jaw literally dropped when he realized that he was paying an outside expert so much to do what someone he had in-house could do. He offered me the job, and I took it.
Thank you so much for bringing this into my life!
Wyatt Camp
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We live in the age of the accountant, not the poet...
...in the age of the politician, not the singer, in the age of the administrator, not the explorer. We thus live in an unbalanced world. Any development which redresses this imbalance is to be welcomed and applauded.
The PhotoReading Whole Mind System, initially developed by and now presented in written form by Paul R. Scheele, represents an excellent advance in redressing this imbalance. Paul's contribution has a number of noteworthy aspects to it. In particular, his work represents
- a practical system for achieving an important class of accelerated learning skills.
- a significant refinement in the extremely important and ubiquitous activity of reading-in particular, Paul has decomposed reading into a continuum of choices. By so doing he has, in effect, identified and charted a continuum of cooperation between the two cerebral hemispheres. This places within the grasp of the well intentioned and disciplined practitioner a set of choices which are the natural (and largely unrecognized) heritage of every member of our species.
- the presentation of a highly learnable system which both delivers what it proposes and simultaneously opens a huge door to achieving a new balance between unconscious and conscious processes within the user.
Well done, Paul Scheele!
John Grinder
Co-Developer
Neuro-Linguistic Programming
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Of all the attempts I have made to improve my reading, this is the only thing that has made a significant difference and significant is not a strong enough word.
M. Curtis
PhotoReading works. It not only affects your reading, it also affects other areas of your life.
M. Tappin
PhotoReading is essential in today's information age and today's fast-paced world. It is a wonderful tool and learning process.
C. Bruha
I've rediscovered the joy of reading!
A. Preves
PhotoReading is probably the best tool I've found to unlock my potential.
S. Ritchie
This is not just about reading. It is about excelling in every area of my life.
C. Ogilvie
I wish I would have been able to learn this years ago.
R. Qchran
I've become more relaxed and am finally reading books which have been on my shelf for years.
P. Horoshak
PhotoReading changed studying from a chore to a pastime.
K. Pederson
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The world is not flat. At one time everybody believed it was and if anyone tried to tell them it wasn't, they were promptly told that they were crazy, or worse. Well, we now know that the world is indeed, not flat. Scientists now tell us that life is not a simple 3-dimensional thing either. Time is now said to be the 4th dimension. So the world is not round. I'm confused, I can't get my head around the concepts, but I'm willing to suspend my disbelief, and accept the fact that they're probably right.
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I do believe that we're only accessing a fraction of the full potential of our minds. I found these books to be fascinating, especially the photoreading book. Like everything, to be able to do something, you have to learn how, and you have to practice until you master it. I dabbled at these methods, the same as I dabbled in meditation and other things; all with no noticeable results. Similarly, if you just dabble at learning a language, your results will be less than spectacular. Want to discuss this all some more? ...(coming soon)
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