The Learning Curve
Between 1999 and 2007 the committee provided a series of regular articles on teaching and learning that were published in The Ringing World on the first Friday of each month. Most of these articles were written by John Harrison, then chairman of the committee.
The collected articles are available in book form from Central Council Publications:
- The Learning Curve, Volume 1: 1999-2001
- The Learning Curve, Volume 2: 2002-2003
- The Learning Curve, Volume 3: 2004-2005
- The Learning Curve, Volume 4: 2006-2007
Index to The Learning Curve
We have produced an index to all four volumes, and this is available to download in PDF format. If you don't want to download it, you can also view it online in Acrobat Reader or similar and search for topics using the search facility. Download or view the file online
The Learning Curve online
By arrangement with The Ringing World, articles printed during 2006 and 2007 are available for download below as PDF files. You are free to use the downloaded articles for training purposes. For details of subscription to The Ringing World, see www.ringingworld.co.uk/products/rw.php
| Nov 2007 | More or less? | Dec 2007 | Keep on learning |
| Sep 2007 | Knowing your place | Oct 2007 | Getting it together |
| Jul 2007 | Rope movement | Aug 2007 | Ropesight |
| May 2007 | Up and down | Jun 2007 | Pieces of eight? |
| Mar 2007 | Yorkshire on higher numbers | Apr 2007 | Double Norwich |
| Jan 2007 | Ears to hear | Feb 2007 | Singles in Stedman Doubles |
| Nov 2006 | Calling quarter peals | Dec 2006 | Learning to hunt |
| Sep 2006 | Viewed from the treble | Oct 2006 | Double Oxford |
| Jul 2006 | Judging | Aug 2006 | Eyes down for a full house |
| May 2006 | Quarters are good for you | Jun 2006 | More helpful structure |
| Mar 2006 | Know your instrument - 3 | Apr 2006 | Learning all eleven |
| Jan 2006 | Conduct Grandsire Doubles - 1 | Feb 2006 | Conduct Grandsire Doubles - 2 |
The end of an era
With the December 2007 instalment of The Learning Curve (TLC to its habitués) the series came to an end. John, whatever his faults, is not one for blowing his own trumpet, so EdC Webmaster thought that the following note written by Robert Lewis, Editor of The Ringing World, in the issue of 7 December 2007 would be a fitting conclusion to the series.
This issue contains the final instalment of our monthly educational series The Learning Curve, which has been running now for eight and a half years. May I pay tribute to John Harrison for coordinating the series and writing most of the articles. His contributions have always landed on my desk on time and ready for immediate publication.
It is easy to underestimate the time, effort and dedication that has to go into sustaining a regular feature in The Ringing World, especially one as ambitious as The Learning Curve. John has met that challenge in a most impressive way and we owe him a real debt of gratitude. The end of The Learning Curve does not, of course, mean an end to educational articles in The Ringing World . . . education remains a cornerstone of our mission to the Exercise.
