Subjective Experience
I had been looking forward to attend the NLP workshop last Thursday. My primary goal of signing up is to find out more about suggested methods I can use to increase the level of motivation in our pupils. Attending workshops during normal school hours is quite a novelty to me, as I more often than not would prefer to read on my own for information or ideas.
How did the workshop go? Well, I will say that Dennis Sale (our trainer) is a very accomplished communicator, and being in his class is a very engaging experience. We were told early in the class that in a single day, we would only get to touch on the main ideas behind NLP, and anyone seeking furthur undertanding and practice would have to do some homework on their own.
Mindmap of NLP workshop
Above is a simple mindmap I had constructed with my iPhone during the course to remind myself of the main associations. There are plenty to talk about and I am going to focus my reflection here in how NLP sees behavioural alternation, which when focused rightly becomes the response to my quest in increasing pupils' motivation. 2 main points were raised.
Everyone will seek Pleasure and move away from Pain, exactly the same points the famed NLP guru Anthony Robbins had mentioned. Both pleasure and pain are of course subjective experiences and with changing contexts, differ widely from person to person. The challenge here is to know what exactly are the pleasures and pain-reduction that our subject matter is seeking. Adapting our approaches with a good understanding and in accordance of the above will increase our probability of success in behaviour alteration. For that to happen, we will have to first of all have a better understanding of our pupils.
In some videos we were shown in the workshop, I am quite convinced with the manipulative power of NLP under the skilled execution of a practitioner. Under good hands, it is a very power skill to have in education and it is definitely worth finding out more.
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