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Three barriers
The primary principle behind this work is that study should be fun but several barriers prevent a person from learning.
Misunderstood Word Misunderstood Word (often abbreviated as "MU") would be a word that the student doesn't understand the meaning of. One of Hubbard's theories is that after a student passes a misunderstood word he won't be able to use the information just after it.
Some symptoms of the MU are:
- Wanting to stop studying.
- Not remembering what he just read.
- Feeling tired, bored or exasperated.
Lack of Mass Lack of Mass occurs when a student does not have access to the masses of the subject. Hubbard stated, "A lack of mass is hard on a student". For example, if a student is studying trains then he should have access to actual, physical trains. If a student is studying the enumeration of objects (arithmetic) then he should have access to masses which he could enumerate.
Hubbard says that a student suffering from lack of mass will tend to bend over his desk and often have headaches. The remedy would be for a student to have access to the masses of the subject. Failing that, a student might have access to models of trains, or view a photograph or a movie of a train. Clay might be used by a student to demonstrate the ideas of trains.
Skipped gradient A Skipped Gradient is when a student tries to study a subject without first studying the prerequisite materials, such as a student who studies algebra before he fully understands arithmetic. The symptom of a skipped gradient is a student who is overwhelmed by the course material.
Clearing words Word Clearing is the Scientology term for getting a definition of a misunderstood word. Study Technology spells out 10 ways in which a word can be misunderstood including "an invented definition" and spells out how to clear a word to full conceptual understanding.
Clay demonstration A Clay Demo is part of Scientology's study technology which consist of using clay to demonstrate concepts. By working with clay and creating objects which show a concept in action, a student becomes able to use a concept more easily and a clay demonstration has the additional benefit that a student's understanding can be demonstrated to a teacher or supervisor.
Spot Check A Spot Check is performed for a student who is exhibiting MU symptoms (commonly referred to as MU phenomena). It is done to help a student find his misunderstood words.
Twins Twinning in Scientology refers to students who are paired up in study, drilling, and practical exercises.
Course supervisor The Course Supervisor, commonly abbreviated as SUP (pronounced soup), runs a courseroom and ensures study technology is employed by the students in a courseroom. Using study tech, he helps students get through their courses. A courseroom can have more than one sup.
Controversy Critics assert that Study Tech is not really secular, since the course materials has strong parallels with Scientology's scriptures, often word-for-word. [2] They also maintain that ultimately the study tech is a tool designed to indoctrinate rather than educate, and a weapon toward Scientology's doctrinal stance of eliminating psychiatry and psychology from public schools. [3]
Notes - ↑ Study Technology a Church of Scientology site presenting study tech
- ↑ Touretzky, D.; Owen, C. "3b. WHERE DOES STUDY TECH COME FROM?". Scientology's Study Technology, December 2003
- ↑ Touretzky, D.; Owen, C. "4c. IS STUDY TECH CONSTITUTIONAL?". Scientology's Study Technology, December 2003
Official Scientology Cross Symbol The Church of Scientology was founded in 1954 by the late author L. Ron Hubbard. ...
External links - Criticsm: Scientology v. Education
- Who is criticising it: Touretzky, D.
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