The importance of Learning ‘How to Learn’
The importance of Learning ‘How to Learn and Get the Most out of Write-Ups and Other Presentations’ is well captured in the admonition of Peter F Drucker (the world’s foremost management guru) that… “We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change, and the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.”
Firstly, there is one fundamental secret about all great doers / achievers of the calibre we need to raise; it is that, in the area or things in which they excel and make a difference, they educate themselves by their own effort; especially since the special knowledge, attitude, and skills one requires to make that kind of difference are usually not taught in the mainstream; they make the effort to learn on their own using very simple techniques that anyone can also use and consequently excel just as they did, and even more!
Education in Africa; the bad, the ugly, and the fix. Why placing ‘Teachers’ at the centre of quality Education may not be such a great idea!
His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (the President of Ghana; congrats to him on his election) during his first state of the nation address to Parliament, touched on the economy, education, health and energy among others. As a productivity expert who has authored over 13 books and more than 50 articles on the subject of […]