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Newsletter 033: Articles on Leadership and Learning
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The Learning Engine
We teach you the principles of learning, helping you understand and apply the principles of learning in your leading, coaching, and teaching. By using the principles of learning, your leading, coaching, and teaching will be more effective!
The Learning Engine 24 September 2025 Newsletter 035: The Underrated Power of Background Knowledge Greetings and salutations! A big thanks for reading this newsletter — this edition will focus on the power of background knowledge, with some implications that you can use in your life. Let’s get into the ideas, stories, and questions! Ideas The power of background knowledge is underrated. Humans have a reasonable understanding of simple one-to-one relationships: One part changes, which makes...
The Learning Engine 17 August 2025 Newsletter 034: Version 2 of Belcher’s “Model for Learning” Greetings and salutations! Welcome to another semester of ideas and applications on learning; thanks for joining and continuing to read this newsletter! My family and I moved to the Lisbon, Portugal area at the beginning of August. The move has taken a ton of time and effort, limiting my creative output. However, we are now getting stabilized by finding a long-term apartment (that we love!) and...
The Learning Engine 5 July 2025 Newsletter 032: Joy, Constraints, and Priorities — A Guide for Making Decisions about Future Learning Greetings and salutations! I need to make confession: “Hello. My name is Nathan; I am a voracious learner.” I have over 300 interesting articles — on topics ranging from education and athletics to theology and parenting — in open tabs on my browser. In a different browser window, I have over 30 interesting videos in open tabs. A conservative estimate for the...