Accelerated+Learning

Learning to Learn, Faster
//‘You have to learn and learn quickly and the higher up the ladder you go, the quicker you have to learn.’ Stuart Pearce.//

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Why should you be focused on **accelerating** your learning during your time at Tauntons College? Accelerating your learning power NOW improves your learning efficiency, maximises your achievement and increased your life choices. The BTEC NationalsinSport wiki, is just one tool we have introduced to personalise your learning experience.

Why do People Succeed?
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Intrigued and want to know more, here is a great article on how to increase your [|learning power.]

Why Learn? Why come to College? Why Invest in Yourself? How about £187,620?
The Learning and Skills Council presents the FACTS. You can make your own decision.


 * || **Employment %** || **Weekly Income** || **Yearly Income** || **Career Earnings** ||
 * No qualification || 49.9 || £297 || £15,488 || £681,481 ||
 * Other qualifications || 71 || £345 || £17,989 || £791,556 ||
 * 5 GCSE grades A-C (Level 2) || 75.4 || £350 || £18,209 || £801,235 ||
 * A Level / BTEC (Level 3) || 78 || £397 || £20,692 || £869,101 ||
 * Higher education || 85.5 || £475 || £24,732 || £964,578 ||
 * Degree or equivalent || 88 || £631 || £32,848 || £1,281,088 ||
 * Students that stay on after school and are successfull in gaining Advanced Level (Level 3) qualifications can expect to earn an **estimated £187,620** more over their lifetime careers than education leavers.
 * Students who go onto gain a degree, earn nearly **£600,000 more!**

Is education for you? If you are reading these pages than the answer is most likely a yes. What YOU need to do now is, to find out HOW, WHEN and WHERE YOU learn most effectively?

Learning Styles
//'An individual's preferred means of acquiring knowledge and skills.'//

Learning styles refer to **HOW** you prefer to receive new information. Each of us learn and process information in our own special ways, although we all share some common learning patterns, preferences, and approaches. Knowing **HOW** you learn and adopting certain learning strategies can be used to accelerate this process. Also, highlight those weaknesses can focus our efforts and present areas of significant opportunity. Finally, it is also important to appreciate that in a class room environment, other people may approach the same situation in a different way to you. [|What to find out more about your learning style?]

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No we know your learning style, HOW, WHEN and WHERE do you learning most efficiently and effectively.

The introductory assignment fulfils **TWO** aims. The first puts you in control of your learning and the second outlines many of the skills, techniques and strategies that successful students use to fulfil their potential. YOU will need to refine these skills, techniques and strategies to suit your learning style if you are going to maximise YOUR potential.

Thoughts and Comment? What do you think about accelerated learning? What is your opinion of VARK? What are your top tips? Post your thoughts in the discussion.