Living Beyond the Box

During my early work, The Box and several other visual models became useful tools for those wanting to know how to motivate people to learn. Since then, I have used those models to train thousands of parents, teachers, counselors and managers. This book was written for those who would like to apply many of the principles and ideas surrounding The Box in their everyday lives. There are two goals that drove the writing of this book.

- The primary goal is to free you to live and learn beyond The Box.

- The secondary goal is to help you free others to live and learn beyond The Box.

I am a parent, educator and researcher who has worked with hundreds of educational programs, schools and social agencies as well as thousands of parents and counselors. I taught at the elementary, secondary and university levels. For the past 30 years, my focus has been on understanding how adults motivate children, youth and other adults, especially how they motivate them to learn.

What I discovered was pretty simple . . .

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People at any age learn very little, unless they aim to learn.

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Learning is both a process and an outcome, and requires self-motivation. As a result, I founded the Centers for the Advancement of Educational Practices (CAEP), a small educational services firm dedicated to the continuous improvement of the methods that parents, educators, counselors and managers use to bring about learning. The two main thrusts of the CAEP Mission are as follows:

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Freeing people to learn, in any setting!

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Serve those who are serving learners!

Dr. Noggle