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The SEP Gazette Newsletter

During each month the SEP Gazette Newsletter would be published for Ford Motors employees as follows:

As an Instructor and SEP Coordinator, I would participate in writing monthly articles based on Critically Thinking as follows:

 

1st article for the SEP Gazette Newsletter

by

Carolyn D. Fuentes

 

Learning Games for Adults at NASA Headquarters Library says:

"Games can help create an atmosphere of playfulness, collegiality, and shared values. They can be used at the beginning of a training session or at the start of a tough new concept to "break the ice" ...They can be used to summarize a training experience and form a bridge from what trainees learned in class to what they must do on the job. Games can be serious and not-so-serious, difficult and easy. Used at just the right moment, games can be the most appropriate and effective way of bringing a trainee to the brink of learning".

Below was my first article, based on “Recall” that I had written for the first months SEP Gazette Newsletter as follows:

 

Article on Recall:

Do you find problems with comprehending what is read, remembering names in a group, math rules, terms in assignments, names, facts and figures, notes, foreign languages, pictures, etc. The cause for this is that our minds and bodies are cluttered with many stressful thoughts and tasks throughout our daily living which can affect our relaxed oxygen of the brain that produces your ability to memorize in full details. Therefore, the cause of these problems in many cases can affect our impatience in reading!

 

In fact, recall is the ability to retrieve and access the wanted information. To improve your recall you only have to become more organized in your mind. Memory is practiced with repetitive techniques until actually remembered.

 

2nd article for the SEP Gazette Newsletter

by

Carolyn D. Fuentes

 

 

Article:  Increased Oxygen to the Brain for Better Memory

 

In our last issue, I expressed in the "Article on Recall" that our minds and bodies are cluttered with many stressful thoughts and tasks throughout our daily living that decreases oxygen of the brain.  Meaning that clutter can cause the "wear and tear" on our “memory.”

 

In fact, the history of “memory” has been dated back to 75 A.D., (Roman rhetorician Quintilian) that wrote: "For our whole education depends upon memory, and we shall receive instruction all in vain if all we hear slips from us."  Quintilian called memory, "the treasure house of oratory."  Also, in the early 18th century, Giambattista Vico realized that ancient humans were poets that spoke in poetic characters and there were others such as Cicero, a roman philosopher-statesmen had written materials on rhetoric (the art of speaking or writing effectively).

 

Today, psychologists, neurologists, researchers, and authors such as Steven Gillman, Dr. Michael L. Johnson, Nishtha Shukla, Betty Fielding, Robert Elias Najemy, and many others have written materials that improve oxygen to the brain for increased memory.  Below are a few proven steps in helping this great task:

·                     Breathing deep:  This is one essential way to improve the functioning of your brain immediately.  It relaxes the brain to increase improvement in brain functions which can be done through yoga, music, and other therapeutic methods.

·                     Exercise:  free from stress and tension activities get the blood pumping can "wake up" your brain enough to help you think better.  Walking, dancing, swimming, singing, working in the garden and anything else that is enjoyable to you.

·                     Foods:  eat foods with high quantities of B complex vitamins, Magnesium, Phosphorus, and Calcium.

·                     Reading:  learning something new by taking classes.  Materials that increase knowledge and skills.

·                     Rest:  is an essential role to relaxation of the brain and body.

  Myth:  Most people believe that their memories get worse as they get older.

 Fact:  This is true only for people that do not use their memories properly:  memory is like a muscle - the more it is used, the better it gets.  The more it is neglected, the worse it gets

 

3rd article for the SEP Gazette Newsletter

by

Carolyn D. Fuentes

 

 

Great Techniques for Memory (It’s a rap!)

 

“Brain training” is a technique that Canada’s most accomplished professional speaker and former college instructor of 25 years, Brian Thwaits knows all too well.

 

Below are proven brain techniques that will make you perform better on the job:

 

  1. Intention:  “psych” yourself up to prepare to remember.
  2. Repetition:  take in small amounts of information at a time.
  3. Association:  believe it or not, the mind remembers two items linked together than separately.
  4. Meaningfulness:  remember when multiplication tables and passages from Shakespeare were so hard for us to remember in school?  Make sure you understand information before attempting to store it in your mind. 
  5. Visualization:  our brains store pictures, shapes, and colors more easily than words and numbers.  When we speak or write to others, we should present information in a visually stimulating way.
  6. Chunking:  dividing large amounts of data into “chunks” or separate categories will also make remembering much easier.  Your brain prefers small amounts.

Did you know? (Do the math!) 

 

  • Our brains process information between 1000 and 25000 words per minute.
  • When you forget what you read, it averages at the rate of 250 wpm.
  • What you hear averages at the rate of 150 wpm. 
  • We read and listen very slowly that only a very small part of your brain activity is focused on the task at hand.  http://www.brainspeaker.com/article_smart.html

 

4th article for the SEP Gazette Newsletter

by

Carolyn D. Fuentes

 

 

4th Article                             “Thinking Critically”                       March, 2007

 

In the past, my articles were based on brain power.  So let’s see what “Critical Thinking” is all about?  Exploring the mind to comprehend and make intelligent decisions is its theory.

 

Below are valuable steps in becoming an affective and cognitive Critical Thinker:

 

  • Open minded:  Listen carefully to every opinion, evaluating fairly.
  • Knowledgeable:  When opinions are presented, it’s based on facts or evidence.
  • Mentally active:  Prepare and use the brain to face problems.
  • Curious:  Explore situations with inquisitive questions to scratch under the surface of issues.
  • Independent thinkers:  Not afraid to disagree amongst a group. 
  • Skilled discussants:  Able to discuss ideas in an organized way.
  • Insightful:  Able to uncover the problem.
  • Self-aware:  Aware of their own intolerance, quickly identify, and take them into consideration when analyzing a situation.
  • Creative:  Escape from traditional patterns of thinking and approach situations from new directions.
  • Passionate:  Always striving for correctness and understanding problems.

 

(John Chaffee, 2003)