Transformational Learning

You have built towers with blocks, right? You know, LEGO, DUPLO, or any of the gazillion other types of blocks. At first, you stack them however you want. Your tower falls over if it gets too high. So, you start over, determined to build it so it stays upright. The more you build it, the higher you can go without it falling over. You learn what works and what doesn’t. Your learning transforms, which is a fancy way of saying it changes.

We teachers call it transformational learning. You started in one place, then moved to another.

Learning to ride a bike is another example. Wobble, wobble, fall off, get back on, try again. Once your brain gets it, there’s no stopping you. And the great part about trans-for-ma-tional learning? It stays with you, even after you learn to ride, and then don’t do it again for months.

Reading is another skill that transforms your thinking. That first book you looked at? Those letters that were squiggly shapes? You matched sounds to them, the shapes became everyday, and you started recognising them everywhere.

You transformed yourself from someone who couldn’t read into a reading SUPERPOWER.