Creative Learning is going viral! Our CEO, Barbara Prashnig, will star in a home shopping television show "Fall Showcase" throughout September and October. Only on USA TV.
2/08/2010 - LS Training in UK
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2/08/2010 - Discover Your Strengths at Work
"A lack of self awareness could be holding back your career," warns Jasbindar Singh. "Leaders who receive feedback with an open mind can take steps to improve their performance." Discover your strengths with Working Style Analysis (WSA): http://www.creativelearningcentre.com/Products/Working-Style-Analysis/http://www.creativelearningcentre.com/Products/Working-Style-Analysis/">http://www.creativelearningcentre.com/Products/Working-Style-Analysis/>
2/08/2010 - Discover Your Strengths
"A lack of self awareness could be holding back your career," warns Jasbindar Singh. "Leaders who receive feedback with an open mind can take steps to improve their performance." Discover your strengths with Working Style Analysis (WSA): http://www.creativelearningcentre.com/Products/Working-Style-Analysis/http://www.creativelearningcentre.com/Products/Working-Style-Analysis/">http://www.creativelearningcentre.com/Products/Working-Style-Analysis/>
We now have a new UK partner. Learning Style Certification training will begin in early September – details to follow.
12/05/2010 - Technical Issues
Our sincere apologies for any technical problems you may currently experience when browsing or logging into our site. Together with our website hosting company, we're working on restoring full functionality by the end of the week. Thank you for your patience.
LSA is finding its way into Poland and soon we hope to be able to offer our tools in Polish. Watch this space for details.
8/03/2010 - Online Course - Learning Styles
We're running an online course in Learning Styles this month (March 2010). There is still time to register. Please contact yvonne@clc.co.nz for details.
8/03/2010 - Learn about Learning Styles - online
There is still time to register for our online course in Delving Into Learning Styles. Please click here for" Target="_BLANK">http://www.creativelearningcentre.com/services.asp?page=traininglsa&sub=E-Course:%20Introduction%20to%20Learning%20Styles">here for details and email yvonne@clc.co.nz to register.
8/03/2010 - First online course in e-learning
Creative Learning is proud to offer the first online course in Learning Styles.
1/02/2010 - Debit Cards
STOP PRESS: You can now use your debit card to purchase our products. Simply use it as you would a credit card.
1/02/2010 - How to prepare for the first day of school
For a teacher, what's the most valuable tool in lesson planning, classroom management, achievement and making discipline a non-issue? Group Profiles, of course. This unique tool from creative Learning Systems offers a cross-section view into the learning strengths and needs of your pupils.
14/10/2009 - NEW DATES: 1st Learning Style Conference Austria
Friday 5 February 2010 and Saturday 6 February 2010, Innsbruck, Austria. Book now on http://www.lwt-styles.org/
14/10/2009 - School standards too low
Standards in too many state schools are "woefully low", warns the boss of Tesco, who is also an education adviser to Gordon Brown. Meanwhile, Sir Terry Leahy says the Government should simplify the education system. Barbara Prashnig, however, claims you can solve many learning problems by finding out how every individual student learns best: http://www.creativelearningcentre.com/download/Article-10-False-Beliefs-About-Learning_26.html
31/08/2009 - New ways of learning
Dubai Women’s College and Creative Learning Systems hold a training course on new ways of learning. For over 20 years, DWC has been an HCT flagship institution providing world-class education for women in the UAE. Creative Learning will help young people and professionals learn in a sustainable, successful way.
Learning Styles can help! According to research, the gap in basic math and reading skills between black and white elementary school students has narrowed since the early 1990s, however, the difference increases again by the time students reach middle school (read more here: http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=8081063&page=1). Learning Styles address this issue by levelling the learning field across cultures and genders. Email yvonne@clc.co.nz for details.
15/07/2009 - Postponement of LS conference in Innsbruck 09
Due to extended reconstruction at Innsbruck University which will not be completed by the beginning of September, regrettably the planned conference on Learning Styles has to be postponed and will now take place in the first half of February 2010. (A very attractive time for a skiing holiday!) The exact date will be advised mid August.
However, the 3-day Learning Styles Certification Programme is going ahead as planned between 1 - 3 September in a replacement location at the University.
As a small compensation, all LS participants will have the chance to participate in a round table discussion about Learning Styles with international experts free of charge on Friday morning.
15/06/2009 - Learning Styles Conference - Training
As preparation for our International Learning Styles Conference (http://www.lwt-styles.org/), we will be offering pre-conference training (LSA Certification as well as School of the Future). Details to follow soon.
15/06/2009 - Conference Details
First International Learning Styles Conference, Innsbruck, September 2009. Please visit the website for details: http://www.lwt-styles.org/.
3/06/2009 - Pre-conference Training
As part of our International Learning Styles conference preparation, we will be offering pre-conference training (LSA Certification as well as School of the Future). Watch this space for more details.
8/05/2009 - 1st International Learning Styles Conference
Creative Learning and Prashnig Style Solutions are proud to announce the 1st International Conference on Learning Styles, Individualized Teaching and Personalized Learning. Diarise 4th - 5th September 2009, University of Innsbruck, Austria. For more information please visit: www.lwt-styles.org.
7/05/2009 - Our Mother's Day Special - Learning Styles
Throughout the month of May 2009, you can purchase our LSA MINI Student tool at 50% off its retail price. Simply quote this promo code in your shopping basket: 8ZA4EAB and have a fabulous Mother's Day on us at Creative Learning.
7/05/2009 - Salaries still rising in the education sector
2009 in New Zealand is the year of scrutinising the education system. Earlier this year, for example, the minister of education ordered accurate truancy figures for the past few years. If those figures could speak, they would point out the link between applying Learning Styles and reducing the rate of truancy. How? Contact us to find out.
24/03/2009 - Our Special Offer Extended
Due to popular demand our offer is extended until 30 April 2009:
3/03/2009 - "Your son needs to feel good about school"
Treasure the teacher who can tell you how your child learns best. While the news is suddenly full of "Learning Styles Vary In Students" and "Some educators believe student differences go way beyond learning intelligence, talent or personality" and "Adults who fail to recognize these differences may create stumbling blocks"... parents and teachers knew it all along: Every Child Has A Unique Learning Style. Read more here: http://www.creativelearningcentre.com/download/Article-Learning-Styles-Here-to-Stay_30.html
Attention all teachers! Measure your stress levels by comparing your TSA with the group profile of your class. In March 2009, we're offering a free TSA with every 20 LSA purchased this month... and the group profiles are free. Please do your TSA, your free group profile, then contact us for a professional explanation of the causes of your stress.
27/02/2009 - Until 28 February 2009
Buy any LSA tools between now and the end of February 2009, email us your invoice to info@clc.co.nz and we will match your purchase in free profile credits. (This offer is only valid for credit card transactions.)
19/02/2009 - 2-for-1 offer
Buy any LSA tools between now and the end of February 2009 and we will match your purchase in free profile credits. (This offer is only valid for credit card transactions.)
19/02/2009 - Violence in schools - They need LSA!
Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate and Selwyn College are only two of the New Zealand schools receiving media attention this year following serious concerns about the safety of students and quality of teaching at the school. Sad, really, when help is at hand (learning styles are designed to prevent misbehaviour and underachievement). Read more here: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10554876
4/02/2009 - The danger of applying learning styles...
... without proper training (source unknown):
A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood. Trying to make the matter clearer, she said, 'Now, class, if I stood on my head, the blood, as you know, would run into it, and I would turn red in the face.'
'Yes,' the class said.
'Then why is it that while I am standing upright in the ordinary position the blood doesn't run into my feet?'
A little fellow shouted,
'Cause your feet ain't empty.' :-)
27/01/2009 - Our New Year gift to you
Buy any number of any LSA credits between now and the end of January 2009, and we will match your purchase in free profiles. That's right: buy 1, get 1 free. Email us for more information.
Our company goal for 2009 is to make it easy for teachers and parents to use our tools. If you have any feedback or creative ideas for us, please email yvonne@clc.co.nz.
We are here for you. Your success is our business.
10/12/2008 - Primary school science skills fall
A top primary science educator believes the subject is in crisis - with new international findings suggesting primary pupils' science abilities fell for the first time in more than a decade.
Are you a gifted learner? Is your child gifted? Send your or your child's WSA/LSA results to us with the heading "Gifted?" and we will interpret them for you.
20/11/2008 - Gifted Children and Emotions
Check your gifted child's learning style analysis with Prashnig Style Solutions LSA tools to determine how well adjusted they are. Read more about gifted children and adjustment here: http://www.giftedchildren.org.nz/apex/v13art04.php
30/10/2008 - Education Spending and the Economic Crisis
How will the banking crisis affect education budgets and spending?
Troublesome students cost the education system 10 times as much as others, a government report on the state of New Zealand's schools reveals... http://www.stuff.co.nz/4703349a7694.html
The solution? Learning Styles, of course.
26/09/2008 - Help prevent child and teen suicide
“I Love Myself" — a whole new way to explore feelings of self-worth; a book capable of creating positive lasting change at home or in the classroom.
31/07/2008 - Working Styles in New Zealand Magazines
Check out the August 2008 edition of NZ Business as well as the August 2008 edition of Father & Child. The article in NZ Business discusses whether multitasking may be bad for your business while Father & Child looks at your working style in terms of your parenting style.
31/07/2008 - New Scientist makes it official:
The amount of work piling up from your boss isn't the only factor to cause
stress in the workplace. The working environment itself can also cause high
levels of daily stress. Working too close to a loud colleague, lack of
natural sunlight, not enough privacy or feeling unsupported by your
10/07/2008 - Young Americans are reading less for fun...
... and - not surprisingly - their test scores are dropping.
The National Endowment for the Arts on Nov. 19 released a study entitled "To Read or Not To Read: A Question of National Consequence" about the reading habits and skills of children, teenagers and adults. The results show that Americans, especially adolescents, are reading less. Expanding on the 2004 report "Reading at Risk," the study looks at all varieties of reading, including that of books, magazines and newspapers.
Compared to the rest of the world, American 15-year-olds rank 15th in average reading scores, behind such countries as Poland, Korea, France and Canada.
Buy WSA Combo before the end of May 2008 and get 20% off the retail price! Simply type this code U3D6B8J when making your purchase, then press "UPDATE".
15/05/2008 - Special Offer May 2008
Buy WSA Combo before the end of May 2008 and get 20% off the retail price!
15/05/2008 - What makes children stay away from school
Apart from the basic differences between holistics and analytics, our own international findings and studies in the United States have clearly shown that the learning styles of underachievers and drop-outs were significantly different from those students who remained in school. According to the Dunn & Dunn Learning Styles Model, eight learning style elements statistically differentiated between highly at-risk or drop-out students in comparison with their counterparts who remained at school ("Do Mismatches Between Instruction and Style Create ‘Dropoutism’?", St. John's University, N.Y., 1989).
The eight strong needs in drop-out students are:
1. Mobility at frequent intervals;
2. A variety of instructional resources from which to learn (to match students' low auditory and low visual modalities and their strong preferences for tactile/kinesthetic learning - hands-on activities - and their strong need for variety rather than routines and patterns);
3. Learning difficult content at other times, not in early morning classes;
4. Recognition of their high motivation despite their inability to learn through conventional methods; positive feedback instead of put-downs;
5. Collegial rather than authoritarian teachers;
6. Resources which introduce new and difficult information through multi-sensory methods (kinesthetic, tactile, visual, auditory) to make learning easier and more appealing;
7. Informal seating arrangements in classrooms to respond to their inability to sit on plastic or wooden chairs for more than 10-12 minutes and their strong need for mobility;
8. Soft illumination which means avoiding fluorescent lights in classrooms.
3/04/2008 - Our Learning Styles prevent violence in schools
An education expert believes short bursts of exercise between lessons can
help boys concentrate in school.
Michael Irwin from Massey University says school is becoming more and more
about sitting down, being quiet, doing work and listening. Research has
discovered that if those periods of learning are broken up with short bursts
of physical activity, children, particularly boys, will focus on their
studies for longer.
6/03/2008 - Learning Styles can prevent violence in schools
Primary school principals are shocked at survey results which show that 20% children was a danger to others. Their behaviour is affecting the learning of all children in the classroom and impacting the general health and confidence of teachers.
Research in Learning Styles from around the world and case studies from Learning Styles schools suggest that educators can alter and prevent this negative pattern of violent behaviour by understanding style differences and teaching with matched instructions.
20/02/2008 - What is your Golf Style?
The process of improving your game follows the same rules as everything else: the learning environmnet plays a role, your thinking style matters, your senses get involved. But did you know that while you may be a visual learner when it comes to mathematics, you may be a kinesthetic learner in golf? So don't rely on your LSA or TSA results: find out how best to practice your golf by completing your Golf Style Analysis http://www.creativelearningcentre.com/products/.
20/02/2008 - STANDARDS FOR MULTICULTURAL ASSESSMENT
The increasing diversity in student backgrounds presents special challenges for teachers, particularly when it comes to creating fair test questions. The standards assembled in the following link address many of these challenges, and although geared primarily towards recruitment screening, work well for the classroom: http://www.theaaceonline.com/multicultural.pdf.
31/01/2008 - Quality Teachers Needed
A recent Auckland (New Zealand) survey indicates that 70% of schools struggle to find experienced teachers. Most applicants tend to be beginning teachers or from overseas. Staff retention is also an issue in many schools. We at Creative Learning believe we have a solution: our Teaching Style Analysis (TSA).
23/01/2008 - A new discipline regime in New Zealand top schools
Even the brightest students could be held back a year at school if their attitude at school is found wanting, if they fail to do homework, or if they regularly fail to get to school on time.
The regime was a success at Shirley Boys' High in
Christchurch, and will now be implemented at Westlake Boys High in Auckland.
The main goal of the new scheme is to emphasize the importance of attitude and effort at school.
7/01/2008 - 2008 - the year of low stress
Yoga induces a feeling of well-being in healthy people, and can reverse the clinical and biochemical changes associated with metabolic syndrome, according to results of studies from Sweden and India. (Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of heart disease risk factors such as high blood pressure, obesity and high blood sugar.) Check http://stuff.co.nz/otago/4342071a7144.html for the complete article and do your WSA to find out how your brain processes stress on working-style-analysis-demo.html.
20/12/2007 - Adult literacy in New Zealand
How literate are New Zealand adults? How does the literacy of New Zealand adults change according to their income? How does their literacy compare with that of adults from other countries?
The Adult Literacy and Life Skills (ALL) Survey aims to answer these and other similar questions.
Newstalk ZB: With news of New Zealand wages falling 30-60% below Australia's, many employers are striving to close the gap, not only financially, but also in terms of productivity.
Visit http://www.pss-styles.com for ideas on how to increase motivation and output in the workplace.
31/10/2007 - Article Publication
An article is published (in German) describing a "School of the Future" training held in Klagenfurt, Austria on 12 Oct 2007.
11/09/2007 - More details about languages and our products
Our products are currently available in the following languages:
· English (all products)
· Spanish (LSA Junior, LSA Senior, TSA-Ed)
· German (LSA Junior, LSA Senior, LSA Adult, TSA-Ed)
29/07/2007 - The Secret's Out: Learning Styles go Multi-Lingual
Our LSA reports and questionnaires have been available in languages other than English for a long while, but we kept it somewhat confidential to help our partners establish their markets. However, to make life easier for our numerous international customers, we have decided to let the secret out. As of now, whenever you process a profile or download an already existing LSA, WSA or TSA report, you will have a list of languages to choose from, provided the translation exists. (Your choice will affect the entire user interface of your Account as well.)
The languages available at the moment include:
- English
- Spanish
- German
- Turkish
- Finnish
- Norwegian
This feature is free - for now.
22/07/2007 - Software Upgrade
We'll be upgrading our server software on 22/07/2007. The site will be unavailable from 3am GMT for 2-3 hours. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.
23/05/2007 - It's time for another positive change
You will notice that we altered the look of our home page and enhanced the layout on other pages in order to make it easier on the eye. We'd love to hear what you think, so please send your comments.
4/04/2007 - We updated our website! The main changes include:
Purchases in major currencies: US dollar, British Pound, Euro, Yen... Come and see.
We've added a Manager version to our existing WSA product. You can now purchase an Employee version only, or the Manager-Employee combo.
Our WSA and LSA Adult instruments now have colourful Pie Chart graphs to display your preferences, flexibilities and non-preferences at a glance.
Are you a quick learner? Are you good with computers? Do an LSA or a WSA and find out.
The online questionnaire for LSA Junior is now in colour. Let us know what you think.
When you make your next purchase, you will see a space to enter a Promotion Code. Watch your inbox for the special offers from us. (Not subscribed to our newsletter? Then click here to create an account with us.)
And here is your very own Easter Egg hunt a la Prashnig Style Solutions: spot any other differences (mainly cosmetic) and email us for a chance to win one free Style Analysis of your choice. The more differences you spot, the bigger your chance.
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