Hold On, You Lost Me!

Use Learning Styles to Create Training that Sticks

by Jeanine O'Neill Blackwell and Bernice McCarthy

		Publisher: ASTD Publications Pub. Date: 2007 ISBN: 9781562864972 No. pages: 144 Category: Human Resources

In this summary you will learn

What the “4MAT teaching model” is
How teachers and trainers can use it to bring their students more meaningful educational experiences

Why you should read Hold On, You Lost Me!

Author Bernice McCarthy developed the “4MAT teaching model,” an innovative instructional method that leverages the latest neurological research about right-brain and left-brain thinking. The 4MAT approach allows people with different learning styles to absorb new subject material, retain the information and put it to practical use. McCarthy teams up with corporate trainer Jeanine O’Neill-Blackwell to explain how to use the 4MAT model. The title of their book is particularly apt because, alas, the lay reader can get lost. Perhaps in an effort to be authentically academic, the authors have burdened their text with jargon. It is filled with “mindmaps,” “hemisphericity divisions” and “stream of consciousness dumping,” as well as the probably unnecessary deconstruction of various English words into their Latin derivatives. However, with patience, getAbstract believes that HR managers, course designers, trainers and teachers can unlock the genuinely useful insights offered by this guide to teaching and learning.

About the Authors

Bernice McCarthy created the 4MAT teaching model used by organizations around the world to improve instruction and learning. Jeanine O’Neil-Blackwell is an expert in developing initiatives that help trainers become more effective.

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