Improving Motivation,
Creativity in Learning and
Achievement
“If we insist on looking at
the rainbow of intelligence
through a single filter, many
minds will seem devoid of
light”
(Renee Fuller, ‘Beyond IQ’)
Mind Friendly Learning began
in Cheshire schools with the
work of a broadly based
group of professionals,
teachers, headteachers,
learning support staff, LEA
officers and others.
They wanted to examine
more closely the human
underpinnings of learning
in order to more creatively
motivate and engage young
people with the learning
process.
Creativity in Learning and
Achievement
“If we insist on looking at
the rainbow of intelligence
through a single filter, many
minds will seem devoid of
light”
(Renee Fuller, ‘Beyond IQ’)
Mind Friendly Learning began
in Cheshire schools with the
work of a broadly based
group of professionals,
teachers, headteachers,
learning support staff, LEA
officers and others.
They wanted to examine
more closely the human
underpinnings of learning
in order to more creatively
motivate and engage young
people with the learning
process.
Our research & experiences
evolved our thinking into a
powerful “mind friendly”
model of learning which was
created to combine and
integrate current research
and consensus about the
brain and learning and how
learners learn most effectively
Mind Friendly Learning offers
an inclusive framework, the
focus of which is very much
on learning as an active
process engaging mind, body
and emotions.
It promotes emotionally
intelligent, positive learning
behaviour and identifies key
strategies one would hope to
see in any effective learning
experience that caters for
diversity of learning.
Mind Friendly Learning should
involve the learners, to help
develop their understanding.
evolved our thinking into a
powerful “mind friendly”
model of learning which was
created to combine and
integrate current research
and consensus about the
brain and learning and how
learners learn most effectively
Mind Friendly Learning offers
an inclusive framework, the
focus of which is very much
on learning as an active
process engaging mind, body
and emotions.
It promotes emotionally
intelligent, positive learning
behaviour and identifies key
strategies one would hope to
see in any effective learning
experience that caters for
diversity of learning.
Mind Friendly Learning should
involve the learners, to help
develop their understanding.
Consistently and creatively
applied, MFL approaches will
enable teachers to reach
more than just those who fit
dominant linguistic/literary,
logical/mathematical
learning culture of schools
and engage more learners.
Especially those for whom
the dominant culture and
traditions pose significant
obstacles to learning.
Schools need to satisfy
current DfES/Ofsted
accountability culture,
deliver the national
curriculum, assess & prepare for the needs of the future
workforce.
However, the greater
challenge is to establish
and sustain inclusive
learning communities and
learning environments,
which effectively cater to
the diversity of learners
and learning.
applied, MFL approaches will
enable teachers to reach
more than just those who fit
dominant linguistic/literary,
logical/mathematical
learning culture of schools
and engage more learners.
Especially those for whom
the dominant culture and
traditions pose significant
obstacles to learning.
Schools need to satisfy
current DfES/Ofsted
accountability culture,
deliver the national
curriculum, assess & prepare for the needs of the future
workforce.
However, the greater
challenge is to establish
and sustain inclusive
learning communities and
learning environments,
which effectively cater to
the diversity of learners
and learning.
EAZ Base
St Anne’s Catholic School
Monastery Lane
St Helens
WA9 3SP
United Kingdom
St Helens
WA9 3SP
United Kingdom
Project Director
