The next chapter I read in the book is about the principle praxis. According to Vella, praxis is a Greek work that means” action with reflection.” This is a principle that I really appreciated because I firmly believe that learners need to do something, and some time to think about what they did. In my classes I always tell them have a rem-cycle to really let the material sink in. But Vella explains that it is more than that. Her example was working in the Maldives. During their training session they broke up the ten days of training with a day of rest for reflection. A nice byproduct of letting the information sink in with the learners was the ability for the trainers to tweak the training to meet the unique demands of the class. I have done this myself, training a pilot class, my break was the weekend, but it allowed me time to change up the training to accommodate the class.
Brad
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