Learning Part 4 of 6 – Principles How you learn something new An excerpt from How To Become The Best at Anything. Principles are cause and effect relationships. In other words, if this occurs then that happens. If that occurs then that doesn’t happen. I touch a hot pan on the stove, I burn my hand. I touch a cold pan on the stove, I don’t burn my hand. And I’m able to pick it up. When I was working as a photographer for LMU and covering a basketball game, a fast break would occur, and the players would be running towards me. I already understood the process for this…
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Processes
Learning Part 3 of 6 – Processes How you learn something new An excerpt from How To Become The Best at Anything. A process is a “how it works sequence.” An example is how radar (radio detection and ranging) works. You have probably seen a radar device in movies and on television. Someone is looking at a screen and they are watching an airplane or missile in flight as it approaches. A magnetron generates high-frequency radio waves, which are then sent to an antenna. The antenna acts as a transmitter, sending a narrow beam of radio waves through the air. The radio waves hit the airplane and are reflected back.…
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Concepts
Learning Part 2 of 6 – Concepts How you learn something new An excerpt from How To Become The Best at Anything. Here’s a common example of a concept: a chair. You can look at one and tell right away that it is a chair. A chair can have four legs, three legs, two legs, one leg, or no legs. A chair can have more than four legs. Your memory stores a definition and examples of chairs. You have learned the concept of a chair. To learn a new concept, you need a definition and examples of the concept. Learning a concept sounds easy, and it is. However, you can…
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Learning Part1
How you learn something new An excerpt from How To Become The Best at Anything. When you are trying to learn something new or you are teaching someone something new, it can be a very daunting task. It is difficult because learning something new is not easy, but it can be made easier if you understand how learning works. Learning can be divided into four basic parts: concepts (definitions and examples), processes (how it works sequences), principles (cause and effect relationships), and productions (procedures/classifications). Deliberate practice results in the automation of a sequence of steps, the automation of productions. Next week Part 2 of 6 – Concepts
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Photography and Deliberate Practice
An excerpt from How To Become The Best at Anything. When I first started photography, there was no World Wide Web (it was 1970, I used film). I subscribed to the Time Life photography series. It was a series of books on photography that was delivered on a monthly basis. Each month I would read and reread each book. Then I would practice the techniques presented in the books. I would devise experiments to test a hypothesis involving photographic techniques. I would perform the experiments and test my hypothesis. This was my deliberate practice with feedback. The books became my coach, the results of the experiments were my feedback. I…
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Coping with the COVID
Developing Expertise Can Help By Glenn K. Seki, Ed.D. Planning NOW how you will develop expertise will help you think about a better future. You can also perform deliberate practice NOW to develop expertise. Instead of binge-watching Netflix, improve yourself and gain expertise (well a little binge watching is ok, I do). I’m not a medical doctor, but I do have a doctorate in education. I’m not a psychologist, but my background is in educational psychology. It just stands to reason that keeping yourself busy with something that you have an interest in or a passion for will improve your expertise in those areas and help your life in the…
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Passion and Interest
An excerpt from How To Become The Best at Anything. What is your passion? What are you passionate about? Are you passionate about a sport, say basketball, or surfing? Tennis anyone? How about art, or music. Perhaps you’re zeroed in on an academic field such as biology, or economics. Maybe you have a passion for exploring, with an eye on the Himalayas. Don’t have a passion, then what are you interested in? Interest and achievement go hand in hand. It is easier to achieve in a domain if you have a strong interest or passion. I have achieved a much higher level of expertise in something that I am passionate…
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Persistence Quote Churchill
Persistence – a key element in the development of expertise.
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IMPROVE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY SKILLS
Deliberate Practice, Coaching, Learning Photo by Glenn K. Seki From Photo Pro Magazine 1. Know your lighting – take pictures in the early morning and late afternoon 2. Stay Composed – look at the whole frame in the view finder 3. Shoot from the right angle – change your perspective 4. Using the flash – use fill flash to fill in harsh shadows 5. Get up close and personal – don’t be afraid to get close 6. Understand manual and mode settings – know the controls of your camera 7. Maximise quality from the start – take pictures at the highest possible resolution 8. Practice your photography skills – practice,…
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Practice makes perfect, but does it?
You have heard the saying ‘practice makes perfect,’ but we know perfection is an illusion because there’s always room for improvement. Until we make an effort to determine what level of skill we’re at, we don’t have an accurate idea of how much more effort is required to become better or improve ourselves. With a bit more deliberate practice, supported by effort and persistence, you would be surprised at what you can achieve, but you won’t know unless you try. How to Become the Best at Anything – a book by Glenn K. Seki Ed.D A road map to the development of expertise.
