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| The job of Applied Scholastics is to place the Study Technology developed by humanitarian, philosopher, and educator, L. Ron Hubbard, into the hands of the world’s students and educators. It provides educators, governments, vocational trainers, community groups, parents and students with the learning tools they need to overcome the barriers of illiteracy and to enhance their abilities to understand and utilize written materials which they must deal with in all aspects of their lives. | The job of Applied Scholastics is to place the Study Technology developed by humanitarian, philosopher, and educator, L. Ron Hubbard, into the hands of the world’s students and educators. It provides educators, governments, vocational trainers, community groups, parents and students with the learning tools they need to overcome the barriers of illiteracy and to enhance their abilities to understand and utilize written materials which they must deal with in all aspects of their lives. | ||
| The Study Technology researched and developed by L. Ron Hubbard is a unique program enabling a student to overcome the basic barriers to study, to the learning of any subject, so that he can understand and retain the data which he is trying to absorb and can effectively put into application the material which he has been studying. | |||
| "Study Technology" is based on three principles: "misunderstoods," "gradients," "]." "Misunderstoods" are words not understood by the student. According to Hubbard, "The only reason a person gives up a study or becomes confused or unable to learn is because he has gone past a word that was not understood." This concept is so important to Scientology and the "Study Technology" derived from it that the preceding sentence occurs in the beginning of nearly every book published by the ]. To remedy this, students in a "study tech" curriculum (and Scientologists in general) are taught to use dictionaries extensively. While traditional educational theory recognizes that misunderstood words can hamper comprehension of material, it does not assign it the same importance as Hubbard does. Hubbard claimed that a single misunderstood word on a page can make a student forget the entire page. "Gradients" are small chunks of information in the study of a subject. Just as one should not learn ] until one has mastered ], Hubbard claims that students should not go on to a more complicated subject until the simpler ones are mastered. So, Hubbard advocates breaking down a complicated subject into numerous simpler ones to make learning easier. "Mass," used in the "Study tech" sense, is a difficult to understand Scientology-specific term. In this sense, it refers to the visible physical properties something has. Hubbard claims that one can't understand something unless one has seen it. This "study tech" was developed from Hubbard's experience in instructing students of Scientology. Indeed, many "study tech" literature is lifted word from word from Scientology publications. | |||
| Study Technology is an exact system which teaches one how to learn. It includes the identification of the specific barriers to learning, the tools to help a student grasp the material being studied, and the means to organize the basic learning environment toward the attainment of better results for both the student and teacher. It can be used to create a highly efficient and self-paced learning environment. | |||
| L. Ron Hubbard's credentials as an educationalist are dismissed by nearly everyone outside of the Church of Scientology. His only academic qualification was a PhD from Sequoia University, a now defunct diploma mill, although he occasionally claimed to have degrees in engineering or nuclear physics. His teaching experience in a secular context was limited to teaching English for a month in Guam. The "Study Technology" has never been the subject of a ] study. As such, most non-Scientologist educationalists dismiss it outright. | |||
| Understanding and application are the watchwords of Study Technology. | |||
| Applied Scholastics licenses their "study technology" to a small number of Scientologist-run ] throughout the world. | |||
| Study Technology gives the student the techniques and understanding which enable him to take increased responsibility and control of his own learning process. | |||
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Applied Scholastics is a secular, non-profit, tax-exempt corporation. It was established by American educators in 1972 to promote and develop programs of effective education for educators, business trainers, tutors, parents, children and people in all walks of life who need improved study skills to enhance their scholastic, business and personal activities.
The job of Applied Scholastics is to place the Study Technology developed by humanitarian, philosopher, and educator, L. Ron Hubbard, into the hands of the world’s students and educators. It provides educators, governments, vocational trainers, community groups, parents and students with the learning tools they need to overcome the barriers of illiteracy and to enhance their abilities to understand and utilize written materials which they must deal with in all aspects of their lives.
The Study Technology researched and developed by L. Ron Hubbard is a unique program enabling a student to overcome the basic barriers to study, to the learning of any subject, so that he can understand and retain the data which he is trying to absorb and can effectively put into application the material which he has been studying.
Study Technology is an exact system which teaches one how to learn. It includes the identification of the specific barriers to learning, the tools to help a student grasp the material being studied, and the means to organize the basic learning environment toward the attainment of better results for both the student and teacher. It can be used to create a highly efficient and self-paced learning environment.
Understanding and application are the watchwords of Study Technology.
Study Technology gives the student the techniques and understanding which enable him to take increased responsibility and control of his own learning process.
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