General Articles

Writing with both hemispheres (7/06/2006)

(an article for creative writers)
By Yvonne Eve Walus
An idea burns in your mind, original and beautiful and begging to be dressed
up in words. You want to write. You have to write. So, you finish your coffee, you
switch off the radio, you sit down at your desk…. Stop! You may be doing it all
wrong.

EURYDICE (8/04/2006)

How boys and girls in Europe are finding their way with information and communication technology?

Watch Those Eyes (23/02/2006)

Among all students’ behaviour, gaze aversion is the one least understood, often highly annoying and most often receives a completely wrong response from teachers and parents alike.
By Barbara Prashnig

Creative Learning In Action (7/03/2005)

Barbara Prashnig, author of “The Power of Diversity”, describes in this new series how important it is to consider the role of learning styles in ICT.

Left Brain – Right Brain (8/12/2002)

By M.E.Freeley & J Perrin
Not all students process information the same way. Here’s how to include activities for both the left- and right-brain processors in your class
Barbara Prashnig, Director of Creative Learning Centre in Auckland, wants every teacher to know about the importance of different thinking styles in the human brain and how this translates into different learning styles.

Parents Let Your Children Learn In Style! (8/12/2002)

By Barbara Prashnig
Barbara Prashnig invites parents to take a fresh look at how their children learn and points out how important it is for parents to know their children’s learning style and to support their learning “their way”.

Staff Training in Style (8/12/2002)

A Manual for Creating Permanent Motivation and Skills
By Barbara Prashnig
Barbara Prashnig, M.A. Director of the Creative Learning Centre in Auckland offers an inspiring approach to staff training in times when teachers, principals and administrators suffer from heavy workloads and stress due to changes in the education system and new curriculum developments.

Underachievement–The Unnecessary Disease (8/12/2002)

By Barbara Prashnig
Could Learning Styles be the cure?
For those not yet familiar with the concept of Learning Styles, Barbara Prashnig, author of 'Diversity is our Strength' explains why the Learning Styles approach in teaching and learning seems to hold the answers to underachievement and school failure, to homework stress, parent despair and teacher burnout, and why it is a 'must' for everyone to know how their style preferences influence any learning process.