Using Awareness of Self
Gained through the Let Me Learn Process®
Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity
and Innovation in Nutrition Education
 Aware of how you take in the world around
you.
 Aware of how you make sense of what you
have taken in.
 Aware of how to respond appropriately.
 Aware of how you learn!
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
 PART I
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
How Does Learning Occur?
Taste
Sound
Touch
BRAIN
Sight
S
P
TR
Smell
C
Patterns
MIND
Declarative Memory
facts, dates, specifics & associative
Using Learning
Processes
with Intention
Internal
Chatter
Non-declarative Memory
rules, values, beliefs, muscle, general, & associative
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
(C. Johnston, ©Let Me Learn, 2014)
Sequence
 I want clear directions.
 I like to do things from beginning to end.
 I value neatness and order.
 I want to know if I am meeting
expectations.
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
SEQUENCE
Directions, Planning & Organization
I mentally
organize
Information.
I make lists.
You
Think
You
Act
You
Feel
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
I feel good
when things
are neat
and
tidy.
Precision
 I want precise explanations.
 I ask a lot of questions.
 I take lots of notes.
 Words are my friends.
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
Precision
Accuracy, Detail & Information
I mentally
check the
accuracy of
the facts.
You
Think
You
Act
You
Feel
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
I feel good
when I have
all the
facts.
Technical Reasoning
 I need to see the purpose of my work.
 I like to work alone.
 I like things that are relevant and practical.
 If it’s broken, I want to fix it.
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
Technical Reasoning
Problem Solving, Relevance & Autonomy
I mentally
try to see
the machine
working.
You
Think
You
Act
You
Feel
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
I feel frustrated
when I can’t
see the
relevance.
Confluence
•I like to be the first person to try
new things.
•I like to come up with unique
approaches to doing a task.
•I take risks.
•I learn from my failures.
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
Confluence
Ideas, Uniqueness & Risk Taking
I think
“Big
Picture”.
You
Think
You
Act
You
Feel
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
I feel frustrated
when not allowed
to do things
differently.
Your Patterns in Action
PRECISION
SEQUENCE
Accuracy,
Order,
Planning &
Detail &
Organization
Information
Problem
Solving,
Relevance &
Autonomy
TECHNICAL
REASONING
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
Ideas,
Uniqueness &
Expression
CONFLUENCE
67 Respondents
MEAN
MEDIAN
MODE
24
Sequence Precision Technical Reasoning Confluence
24 27
20
22
27
20
22
24 26
16
21
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S P TR C
09 21 19 33
18 26 13 14 27 28 32 20 13 15 24 26
26 27 25 25 20 25 29 21 24 24 20 21
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
Lots of ideas; struggles to organize.
Wants accurate info; cautious.
A one person team; problem‐solver
A bit of a different drummer.
A one person team with certainty.
An engineering perspective.
A bridge who leads from the middle.
Six Characteristics of Effective
Nutrition Videos
 Use real scenarios.
 Make them into short segments.
 Have a single, clear message.
 Convey a skill in action.
 Have the message relate to a familiar setting.
 Help the viewer conceptualize the information.
 The Journal of Nutrition and Behavior, 2012
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity
and Innovation in Nutrition Education
 Part II
Free Your Creativity
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
Creativity is Found in Each Learning
Pattern
 SEQUENCE
 Creatively organize
Prezi Power Pt
Organizing from the Inside Out
 PRECISION
 Creatively use information, words, documentation
Propaganda
Statistics
 TECHNICAL REASONING
 Creatively solve problems
Combat engineering
"Houston, we have a problem.“ "Failure is not an option.“
 CONFLUENCE
 Creatively launch into the unknown
Google
Apple
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity
and Innovation in Nutrition Education
 I think that the very best way to teach slow food values in a
fast food culture is through edible education. And so I created
a project called the Edible Schoolyard.
 The idea is to bring them into a new relationship to food and
agriculture. And they’re learning about history of a foreign
country, and they’re cooking the food of that place.
 Probably the greatest lesson I have learned from the Edible
Schoolyard project is that, when children grow food and they
cook it, they all want to eat it.
 I’m Alice Waters, brief but spectacular chef and restaurant
owner, NPR The News Hour, July 23, 2015
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity
and Innovation in Nutrition Education
 Part III Make It Real
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity
and Innovation in Nutrition Education
 The Let Me Learn Process ® is an Advanced
Learning System that equips individuals with
an understanding of their personal Learning
Processes so they can develop and use them
to their fullest potential at home, at school, at
work, and in the greater community.
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
At CACS, Creativity and Innovation in Nutrition Education
is Made Real Each Day as….
 Students, teachers, and staff apply their self-
developed Personal Learning Profiles to make
learning work for them.
 Students engage in monthly Making Sense Days
where they connect “book learning” and their
personal learning processes to the real world.
 Students experience healthy eating for healthy
learning through:
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity
and Innovation in Nutrition Education
The school chef engaging students in
food preparation.
The planting, maintenance, and
harvesting of a school garden.
The school’s affiliation with 4-H, and
The conducting of monthly service
learning projects.
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
Martha, our school chef and
nutritionist works her magic with
not only food, but also with
students.
To increase student participation
in the school lunch program, she
along with the teachers and
leadership of the school
sponsored a “take-out” evening
where families could order one of
three full dinner menus and
experience CACS “healthy eating
for healthy learning” first hand.
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
I think that the very best way to teach slow food values is
through edible education. And so I created a project called
the Edible Schoolyard.
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity
and Innovation in Nutrition Education
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity
and Innovation in Nutrition Education
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity
and Innovation in Nutrition Education
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity
and Innovation in Nutrition Education
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
Using Awareness of Self to Promote Creativity
and Innovation in Nutrition Education

Justgimmicks
Some Food or
for Thought
Not
tricks, entreaties
or threats or
bribes bring about creativity, innovation, or
changed behavior. But instead understanding
yourself and the individual with whom you are
seeking to interact – that is where true creativity
and innovation begin – and with them come
understanding, trust, healthy growth and lasting
change.
Chris’ Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie, 2015
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015
For More Information
Dr. Christine A. Johnston, cjohnston@letmelearn.org
Joel Johnston, Executive Director, joel@letmelearn.org
www.letmelearn.org
www.compassacademycharter.org
Keynote Address, SNEB Annual Conference, July 25-8, 2015, © Let Me Learn, 2015