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Boost Your Mind Power (Week by Week Series): 52 Techniques to Make You Smarter
Your brain is the most underused resource that you have - and learning is the key to success in a fast-changing world. Yet few people have time to find out how their brain works or what they can do to become better learners. This book provides a step-by-step program for improving your mind power, covering concentration, learning, memory, lateral thinking, creativity, communication, problem solving and much more. Also covered are techniques for quietening the mind so that you can focus more effectively. In 52 weeks, this book equips you with practical tools, tips and techniques to help you be more successful and more fulfilled.
176 pages, Paperback
First published April 15, 2006
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Bill Lucas
98 books9 followersBill Lucas is Professor of Learning and Director of the Centre for Real-World Learning (CRL). He founded CRL in 2008, together with Prof. Guy Claxton.
In 2017 Bill was appointed by the OECD as co-chair of the strategic advisory group for the 2021 PISA test of Creative Thinking which will draw on the work of the CRL. Bill is an international adviser to the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority in Australia, to Vinnvard in Sweden and to the OECD/CERI research into critical and creative thinking in France. Bill is Director of Learning for the Fellowship Programme of THIS, the new Healthcare Studies Institute at the University of Cambridge.
Bill is known internationally as a speaker on the subjects of learning, change, creativity, healthcare improvement and leadership. He travels extensively to present keynotes, most recently in Sydney, Philadelphia, Helskinki, Qatar, Stockholm, Melbourne, Auckland, Belfast and Dubai. He is a prolific, award-winning writer, and has authored and co-authored over forty books and chapters and many peer-reviewed papers.
With Guy Claxton he is the creator of one of the biggest teacher researcher groups in the world, the Expansive Education Network.
In 2017 Bill was appointed by the OECD as co-chair of the strategic advisory group for the 2021 PISA test of Creative Thinking which will draw on the work of the CRL. Bill is an international adviser to the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority in Australia, to Vinnvard in Sweden and to the OECD/CERI research into critical and creative thinking in France. Bill is Director of Learning for the Fellowship Programme of THIS, the new Healthcare Studies Institute at the University of Cambridge.
Bill is known internationally as a speaker on the subjects of learning, change, creativity, healthcare improvement and leadership. He travels extensively to present keynotes, most recently in Sydney, Philadelphia, Helskinki, Qatar, Stockholm, Melbourne, Auckland, Belfast and Dubai. He is a prolific, award-winning writer, and has authored and co-authored over forty books and chapters and many peer-reviewed papers.
With Guy Claxton he is the creator of one of the biggest teacher researcher groups in the world, the Expansive Education Network.
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December 22, 2023
Should’ve said “Techniques to make you healthier” Great read
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