Education: Rhythm & Attention.

These are, amongst two other themes, two words central in my approach to facilitating a learning environment. 

In a learning environment my starting points are that these two words, as a combination, need to be in the center. When working with groups of people, I need to be able to work with the rhythm of the group. So I think, when one wants to have a good, flowing rhythm, the group needs to be small. Working as a facilitator with a group of people of maximum 15 people is the best I believe. Or with two facilitators and then with max 30. That's it. By keeping this limit in numbers, everybody has an overview of what is happening.
(I don't understand that in universities and colleges nowadays there are lecture-halls where up to 200 people are sitting and listening to a professor. Every week, they have to be there, at a fixed hour. Why not to put it on YouTube? So that students can watch it in their own rhythm, on the time which is best for them?)

Because, when the rhythm is good, also the attention is better. From the facilitator towards the attendants, vice verse, and amongst the attendants. Then one can really listen, look each other in the eyes and see and feel the communication, verbal and non-verbal. Attention is it what we want as humans, and by giving and getting it we learn much faster and better. For sure.

Everybody remembers the teacher who gave you real attention, don't you?