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Here you will find books (you can also read a lot about them at Audible) about different teaching methods, but also about non-violent communication, which in my opinion should be taught in primary school. One way to autonomous learning!
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Non-violent communication
In this digital age, it is extremely important that we learn how to talk to each other with more empathy. Speaking with empathy also means being able to listen well. We don't always have to yell at our children or punish them. We can also communicate with them non-violently. This type of communication should, in my opinion, already be applied in primary school. If our children learn early on how to communicate with each other, they can be the best neighbors, leaders, and friends as adults. They can be better people tomorrow than we are today.
MNEMO TECHNIQUES
When I first read the book "The key to perfect memory" by Timo Mistler, I was amazed at how easy it is to memorize learning material in the short or long term. I have tried many of the exercises described in the book myself. That's why I know these methods work.
I once had clippings from the memorial to study for an exam. If you have read the memorial once, you know that the text is written in a boring way and is not interesting at all. I applied a loci technique while learning. In fact, I connected key words from the text with objects from my room in a very funny way. In the exam, I just imagined my room and looked around. Then I answered the questions with a grin and was able to submit my papers after 30 minutes. Result: 14.3 out of 15 points!
Mind mapping
I myself use mind mapping mainly to prepare speeches. But also for projects, such as: I wish that all our children would be taught the various teaching techniques from primary school onwards.
In order to achieve this, I would of course also like to go to the Minister of Education to discuss the possible steps with him. When that moment comes, I don't want to be unprepared.
That's why I already have some mind maps ready, where I can explain and show him my vision. For example, I have a mind map where I think how the teaching methods could be incorporated in the different cycles. In my opinion, another mind map shows quite precisely what role the government plays in this and the steps it has to take in order to realize all this.
Photo-reading and speed-reading
Photo-reading is the first teaching technique I learned and used. I remember that one day my mother gave me a newspaper article to read.
That article took up a little more than half a page of space. I looked at the article while my mother was talking to me. In less than a minute I understood the article and was able to discuss it with my mother. I was even able to show her one mistake in the article.
My mother was really surprised that I had taken so little time to read the article. However, I was more puzzled than she was. At that time I had only bought Paul Scheele's book a few months before.
The Vera Birkenbihl Method
Unfortunately, I have to admit that I have not yet tried Vera Birkenbihl's method myself. I didn't have the desire to learn another foreign language until now. But I have read some of his books. I understand this technique because it is logical.
Mastering a foreign language without learning grammar and vocabulary. It seems the first moment is unimaginable to us. But Vera Birkenbihl explained in her books that we ourselves did not learn our mother langage by learning grammar and vocabulary. When we were still in our mothers' wombs, we already caught up with our language a little. As babies and children we listened to the language and spoke it until we got it right. There was nothing to do with learning grammar or vocabulary. And yet we know our language very well. With Vera Birkenbihl's method, we can master another language faster and better than if we learn it in a traditional way. And then we can also think in the other language.
Vedic mathematics
Mathematics is one subject that really doesn't appeal to everyone. I also didn't enjoy maths much when I was in school. That's why I got a little carried away when I researched learning methods for this subject.
It was in a book on speed learning that I came across Vedic mathematics. In that book there were several examples listed, which I found so simple and logical that I became more interested in them.
Like any teaching technique, Vedic mathematics is not a miracle cure, but this method helps a lot. One learns how, for example, to calculate larger multiplications in one's head. Fractions, squares, percentages, cubes and equations can also be calculated with ease. That is why I am in favor of teaching Vedic mathematics already in primary school. With the option of considering other systems that may be just as good or better to handle. Always with the idea that school should be more fun!
Speed learning
Here I found some compact books that could show how our primary schools could be organized so that learning and going to school would be much more fun.
Of course, this means changes and adjustments. But in my opinion, every effort is worth it if we can see that our children like to go to school, that they like to learn and even enjoy it, and that they learn a profession that really suits them. However, these methods do not only help our children. Teachers and parents also benefit from this. The teachers have much less depression and the parents, if they are not working, have more time to do something with their children (because the children need less time to learn).
Once the teaching methods are established in the primary school, one we consider to integrate sports more into the school program. But that is the next step.