About Lesson
- Assignment: Next stage is present a more complex exercise related to the topic, here the learners can work alone, in pairs, or smaller groups to break down the topic and components. This explores solutions, ideas, possible developments and identified a pathway.
- Exercise: Using your chosen topic develop the exercise based out their understanding of the content. You are encouraged to map out issues, characteristics, and identify and make connections between the various elements of the exercise.
- Explain the concept: Start by exploring what each exercise is. It is a a visual tool that helps organise thoughts, ideas, and information. All exercises within the unit are flexible, creative, and can be used for various purposes.
- Benefits: This may include; how it leads to better creativity, the understanding of topics, that it is a form of note taking and enhances inspiration within the workplace, work team or within your learning environment.
- Basic Structure: Each exercise is a simple task which starts with a central topic, and from this topic develop a series of creative topics from the main theme. As a new development is formed this represents a further idea of the main topic, use colour and additional images as this presents a more creative idea.
- Hands-On Approach: Working with a blank sheet of paper/screen, or use a drawing software develop your own creativity based on the topic (Multicultural Development). Here we encourage you to be experimental and creative. Ask your tutors to offer guidance and feedback as the exercise develops.
- Practice: You are encouraged the use of these exercises within regular lessons, work or whenever a suitable situation occurs, when there is a new opportunity, you may create a an exercise around any issue and look at new ideas of dealing with the situation of specific topic, use in any brainstorming sessions or within the planning of a new project
- Review and Reflect: You should review the created exercise, examine the positives and the negatives, what may work and further improvements. During this exercise you are be encouraged to self-reflect, did the exercise lead to a better understanding, did it lead to a result, was it an effective creative exercise, did it provide a clearer picture in dealing or understanding with the topic. Above all Celebrate success.