Transcript Desuggestopedia …..is a method that helps you to tap into the mental reserve

Desuggestopedia
…..is a method that
helps you to tap into
the mental reserve
capacities
Dr. Lozanov
Basic Assumptions 1
The process of suggestion
influences the increasing
use of the reserve
capacities of the brain
and psyche.
 You can learn faster than
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you expect
anti-suggestive barriers
logical
emotional
ethical
Basic assumption 2
 Learning is free from
tension
 Concentrative
relaxation
 „Learning is state of
mind dependent“
Basic assumption 3
 Learning includes
conscious and
unconscious factors
Secondary information is important
Anti-suggestive barriers 1
 The critical –
locical barrier
Denounces
everything which
does not follow a
strict line of good
intentions
"That´s not possible"
"Others may be able to do
that, but not me."
Anti-suggestive barriers 2
 The intuitive –
affectionate
barrier
is connected with the
biologically ingrained
neg-ativistic tuning
of man necessary for
survival
"I won´t do it. It just
makes me feel uneasy.
I can´t explain it really.
I´d rather not, thank
you."
Anti-suggestive barriers 2
 The ethical barrier
 The most complex
barrier
 It is connected
with philosophicalwordly
orientations of
personality.
"I really think that´s
slightly dishonest."
"I don´t think it´s
fair."
Antisuggestive barriers
 Overcoming the
antisuggestive
barriers is in fact
a process of
desuggestion.
 It allows people
to expand from
one fixated
condition of
stagnation and
limitation to a
vision of new
horizons and new
perspectives.
(Dr. Gateva, p25)
The psychological set-up 1
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Our response to
every stimuli is
very complex,
involving many
unconscious
processes which
have become
automatic
responses.
 These are largely
patterned
responses - in
many ways
peculiar to us as
individuals.
The psychological set-up 2
 The set-up is the
product of automatized,
conditioned responses.
 The responses tend to
be automatic and typical
for them - the result of
an inner, unconscious
disposition or set-up.
Skinner
The psychological set-up 3
 Power of the
influence of our
unconscious setup is enormous.
 Overcoming of
previous limits
involve a change
in our
unconscious
patterns of
response.
 Only when a
teacher is able to
penetrate the setup, the real
potentials of a
student begin to
open up.
Means of de-suggestion 1a
 Authority
 Authority creates
confidence in the
reliability of
expected results
 Prestige of the
source of information
 Authority of teacher
as a person
 Authority of classical
art
(transmits the knowledge
of centuries)
Carl Rogers
Means of desuggestion 1b
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy or Pygmalion Effect
 The concept of the self-fulfilling
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prophecy can be summarized in
these key principles:
We form certain expectations of
people or events
We communicate those
expectations with various cues.
People tend to respond to these
cues by adjusting their behavior
to match them.
The result is that the original
expectation becomes true.
This creates a circle of selffulfilling prophecies.
Means of desuggestion 1b
Experiment by Blumenthal (1968)
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Rosenthal and L. Jacobson
worked with elementary
school children from 18
classrooms. They randomly
chose 20% of the children
from each room and told the
teachers they were
"intellectual bloomers."
 They explained that these
children could be expected to
show remarkable gains
during the year.
 The experimental children
showed average IQ gains of
two points in verbal ability,
seven points in reasoning
and four points in over all IQ.
The "intellectual bloomers"
really did bloom!
Means of de-suggestion 2
 Infantilization
 Pure and naive state
of mind of a child
curious
interested
motivated
allowed to make
mistakes
trustful
Means of desuggestion 3
 Rituals
 Feeling of …
safety
 familiarity
beginning of lessons
ending of lessings
suggetopedic
kaladoscope
Means of desuggestion 4
 Music
 In music, the rhythm
and intonation are
basic means of
expression.
 The system of the
music supposes a
paraconscious
absorption and
assimilation of
information.
Means of desuggestion 5
 Intonation
 One of the basic
expressive means
„intonational swing“
„learning is state of
mind dependent“
• Use your voice like
an instrument“
Means of desuggestion 6
 Concerts
 Create
pseudopassivity in
the students. In this
state the reserve
capacities of the
personality are
shown most fully.
Means of desuggestion
 The golden section
 'a geometric proportion
in which a line is divided
so that the ratio of the
length of the longer line
segment (A) to the
length of the entire line
(C) is equal to the ratio
of the length of the
shorter line segment (B)
to the length of the
longer line segment
(A)." Mathematically
written, this would read:
 A/C = B/A
Golden section - architecture
 The ancient
Egyptians were the
first to use
mathematics in art.
 The Parthenon was
perhaps the best
example of a
mathematical
approach to art.
Golden section - architecture
 Medieval builders of
churches and cathedrals
approached the design
aspect of their buildings
similarly to Greeks.
 The 20th Century
architect Le Corbusier
(1887-1965) developed a
scale of proportions,
which were according to
the rules of the golden
section.
Golden section in music
 Mozart's sonatas are
divided into two
parts exactly at the
golden section point
in almost all cases.
Golden section - art
 The Golden Section was
used extensively by
Leonardo Da Vinci.
 used it for beauty
and balance in the
design of art
 The French impressionist
painter Georges Pierre
Seurat is said to have
"attacked” every canvas
by the golden section
Golden section – human body
Golden section - plants
 Here a plant
illustrates that each
successive level of
branches is often
based on a
progression through
the Fibonacci series.
 Many flowers have
petals that total a
number in, or very
close to, the
Fibonacci series
Golden section - planets
 Venus and the
Earth are linked in
an unusual
relationship
involving phi.
 Start by letting
Mercury represent
the basic unit of
orbital distance
and period in the
solar system
The golden section – credit cards
 Even the logos of
many credit card
companies are pretty
good approximations
to golden rectangles.
Means of desuggestion 8
 Successful
atmoshere
 artistic
 psychological
 educational
Successful atmosphere psychological
 psychological
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nurturing
supportive
Student
feels free to try out the
new information
can be inventive
can make mistakes
without being put down
enjoys the learning
experience.
Successful atmosphere artistic
 Artistic
 Good quality pictures
They should be displayed
and changed every few
days.
 Music
can be played as the
students enter the room,
and during the breaks.
 Plants and flowers.
 Chairs are arranged in a
U-shape,
there is a better
communication possible
Successful atmosphere educational
 educational
 The material should be
presented in a structured
fashion, combining the
Big Picture, Analysis and
Synthesis.
 Every moment should be
a didactic experience
even when the learning
process is not that
apparent.