Phased Repetition

Phased repetition is a term used in educational psychology that describes the process of periodically returning to something that you have previously learned. 

Have you ever learned something you thought was amazing and remarkable? Was it so compelling that you thought you would remember it forever? What happened six months or a year later? Could you recall it? Probably not, right? We rarely internalise new learning if we are exposed to it only once. 

In phased repetition we purposefully revisit the new things that we’ve learnt so as to reconnect with them, review them, and build upon them. When we return periodically to the thing we have learnt, we give ourselves multiple new opportunities to appreciate the learning, look at it anew, and make different sense and meanings of it based on who we are now and our current needs. This engagement over time allows us to fully internalise that learning so we might best put it into action. 

Take a few moments now to think about all the chapters we’ve covered in our programme. Which have proven to be the most transformative? Which lessons might not have left such an impression? 

Revisit at least one session from each chapter of this programme.