Learn, Teach Better Through Systematic Self-Assessment -- Book Suggests Improving Learning, Teaching Styles Through LIFO(r) Surveys

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• On 7:26 pm EDT, Thursday June 18, 2009

NORTHRIDGE, Calif., June 18, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Through their latest book, Learning Dynamics, Dr. Allan Katcher and Dr. Reiner Czichos advance techniques to enhance learning and teaching abilities through the LIFE Orientations Survey (LIFO(r)) with the aim of helping businesses and educational institutions increase their productivity and effectiveness. Learning Dynamics focuses on the LIFO(r) Learning and Teaching Styles Surveys to gather insights on the factors that affect how people learn, interpret the results, and apply new knowledge to enhance personal teaching and learning prowess.

Learning Dynamics emphasizes interpersonal conditions that influence people to pay favorable attention to each other, be empathetic and encouraging, and leverage the unique strengths and talents of every learner. Readers will examine their way of teaching and learning and assess personal experiences, in the process to understanding the factors affecting learning and managing learning, to make it more interesting, meaningful, and productive. The book will provide numerous cases in point that will exercise readers' abilities in understanding and improving learning. The LIFO(r) Method uses a self-assessment tool for discovering personal strengths and facilitating easier communication about personal differences. Rather than categorizing people into rigid "types," the method recognizes four different styles present in each person, one or more (singly or combined) of which may be used by the person more frequently than the other styles. The information revealed from the LIFO(r) Learning and Teaching Styles Surveys are predominantly referred to in Learning Dynamics.

Learning Dynamics will be featured in the American Assn. of School Librarians Book Exhibit in Charlotte, North Carolina, which will run November 5-8, 2009. For more information, log on to www.Xlibris.com.

About the Authors

Allan Katcher, Ph.D. has been a consultant to many of the Fortune 500 companies, and has lectured and conducted seminars in more than twenty countries. He earned his Doctorate in Psychology at the University of California (Berkeley). Prior to work on the LIFO(r) Method, Dr. Katcher has held positions as manager of executive development at Douglas Aircraft Corporation, head of management development at the Systems Development Corporation and a human factors scientist at The Rand Corporation. He has taught at Brooklyn College, California Institute of Technology, UCLA and the University of Washington.

Reiner Czichos, Ph.D., LIFO(r) analyst and master trainer, holds a diploma as a sociologist and economist. In addition, he is an NLP practitioner and holds a Q-Pool certificate. A distinguished consultant, he has worked for many important European clients. Dr. Czichos' extensive coaching experience includes work with managers, trainers, and salespeople and he has been involved in more than forty change projects. He is currently writing a book on change management.

LEARNING DYNAMICS * by Allan Katcher, Ph.D. and Reiner Czichos, Ph.D.
               Publication Date: June 17, 2009
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