I love the 'Sound of Music' movie. Most do. I have watched it a few times. I learnt something new when I watched it, in particular the 'Do Re Mi' song, the last time. The movie shows how to facilitate others to learn. I was thinking to myself, 'The kids in the movie learnt the music notes successfully. How did it happen? What skills did Marie apply? Can we apply some of these into our corporate learning environment?' I invite you to watch the following clip on the 'Do Re Mi' Song and think about the questions:
Here is my view - the clip gives a lively example of what a learning professional should do:
Associate- At the beginning of the clip, Marie lectured first but did not work. The kids could not remember the notes simply by being told. Marie then associated each note with a concrete concept e.g. 'Doe, a deer, a female deer....' The same applies to corporate training. If you want your learners to learn a new abstract concept, y