1. Empowerment Session VI

2. Today’s Agenda Involvement Commitment Ceremony Dinner Experience Review Learning Styles Creative Problem Solving

3. Please Stand I ____________, being of sound mind and hungry body, realize that in order to extract the richest morsels of marrow from my culinary education that I must be dedicated beyond the classroom. To do so, I hereby commit myself to ____________________. On this 7 th day of October, 2009.

4. Dinner Experience Review In groups of 4-5 people. Take 10 minutes to create a poster that describes your dinner experiences. Include: –The name of the place that you went (Only Words) –The 3 best things about each experience (no words) –The 3 things you noticed that needed the most attention (no words) Identify one person in your group to share your poster with the class

5. The Learning Styles Visual Auditory Tactile/Kinesthetic

6. Visual Learning learn through seeing... body language facial expression prefer sitting at the front may think in pictures learn best from visual displays (Unlike this slide) including: diagrams, illustrated text books, overhead transparencies, videos, flipcharts and hand-outs. During a lecture or classroom discussion, visual learners often prefer to take detailed notes to absorb the information.

7. Visual Learning What are the Benefits of Visual Learning? What are its Drawbacks?

8. Auditory Learning Verbal lectures Discussions Talking things through and listening to what others have to say Interpret the underlying meanings of speech through nuances. Written information may have little meaning until it is heard. Reading text aloud and using a tape recorder.

9. Auditory Learning What are the Benefits of Auditory Learning? What are its Drawbacks?

10. Physical Learning tactile/kinesthetic Hands-on approach Actively exploring the physical world around them. May find it hard to sit still for long periods May become distracted by their need for activity and exploration.

11. Physical Learning What are the Benefits of Physical Learning? What are its Drawbacks?

13. Creative Problem Solving Break into four teams 5 minutes to plan 120 seconds to build Requirement: –Tallest structure possible using only paperclips and index cards

14. Review What is one great thing you discovered today? What is your homework for next session?

15. Adios