{"id":3697,"date":"2020-06-29T13:06:12","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T05:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darylchow.com\/frontiers\/?p=3697"},"modified":"2020-06-29T13:16:34","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T05:16:34","slug":"createplay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/frontiers\/createplay\/","title":{"rendered":"A Deep Learner Needs to Create Play"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I believe that a good life is a deep life; it&#8217;s prerequisite is to be a deep learner. <br><br>My job is to help practitioners become Deep Learners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, I want to take you on an insider&#8217;s journey of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Deep Learner (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/darylchowcourses.teachable.com\/p\/deeplearner\/\" target=\"_blank\">Deep Learner<\/a>, a specially designed web-based psychotherapist&#8217;s field guide to extend your mind and harness wisdom into clinical practice. <br><br>Basically, it&#8217;s all about the stuff we <em>don&#8217;t<\/em> get taught to do. Sprinkled with practical tips, it&#8217;s all about doing alchemy that transforms content into information, information into understanding, and understanding into wisdom in the therapy room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1008\" height=\"230\" src=\"http:\/\/darylchow.com\/frontiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/imptLogo-for-Deep-Learner.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/frontiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/imptLogo-for-Deep-Learner.png 1008w, https:\/\/darylchow.com\/frontiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/imptLogo-for-Deep-Learner-300x68.png 300w, https:\/\/darylchow.com\/frontiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/imptLogo-for-Deep-Learner-768x175.png 768w, https:\/\/darylchow.com\/frontiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/imptLogo-for-Deep-Learner-520x119.png 520w, https:\/\/darylchow.com\/frontiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/imptLogo-for-Deep-Learner-600x137.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Deep Learner is based on the 4 principles of<em> Create, Capture, Retrieve, Synthesise<\/em>. Each of these components build upon the previous, and the course takes you on a mobi\u00fcs strip along these 4 sections, and all the time connecting the dots towards translating learnings into clinical practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/darylchow.com\/frontiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Deep-Learner-Infographic-CREATE-SECTION-ONLY.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/frontiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Deep-Learner-Infographic-CREATE-SECTION-ONLY.png 1024w, https:\/\/darylchow.com\/frontiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Deep-Learner-Infographic-CREATE-SECTION-ONLY-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/darylchow.com\/frontiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Deep-Learner-Infographic-CREATE-SECTION-ONLY-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/darylchow.com\/frontiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Deep-Learner-Infographic-CREATE-SECTION-ONLY-520x390.png 520w, https:\/\/darylchow.com\/frontiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Deep-Learner-Infographic-CREATE-SECTION-ONLY-600x450.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The First Section of Deep Learner, CREATE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to jump right in and look at the entire curriculum and all of the available sneak preview, click <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/darylchowcourses.teachable.com\/p\/deeplearner\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. <br><br>For an overview, <br><br><strong>i. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"An Introduction to Two Worlds: Performing vs. Learnin (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/darylchowcourses.teachable.com\/courses\/deeplearner\/lectures\/14573373\" target=\"_blank\">An Introduction to Two Worlds: Performing vs. Learnin<\/a>g<\/strong><br><br><strong>ii. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Format of Deep Learner (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/darylchowcourses.teachable.com\/courses\/deeplearner\/lectures\/14573379\" target=\"_blank\">Format of Deep Learner<\/a><\/strong><br><br><strong>iii. <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"What is Deep Learning? (and what it's not). (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/darylchowcourses.teachable.com\/courses\/deeplearner\/lectures\/14573416\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>What is Deep Learning?<\/strong> <strong>(and what it&#8217;s not).<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Create and Protect Play<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, we looked at the value of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"protect time and space for deep learning. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/darylchow.com\/frontiers\/protectdeeplearning\/\" target=\"_blank\">protect time and space for deep learning.<\/a> <br><br>In today&#8217;s blog, I take you under the hood of <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Module 1.4. Create Play (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/darylchowcourses.teachable.com\/courses\/deeplearner\/lectures\/14573507\" target=\"_blank\">Module 1.4. Create Play<\/a><\/strong>. (click to watch the embedded video).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-teachable\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"1\" data-card-align=\"center\" data-card-theme=\"light\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/darylchowcourses.teachable.com\/courses\/deeplearner\/lectures\/14573507\">1.4. 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(In <strong>Tip 1c<\/strong>, we go in-depth into practical ways to protect play in our ceaselessly busy adult life).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color\" href=\"https:\/\/darylchowcourses.teachable.com\/p\/deeplearner\/\">JOIN DEEP LEARNER<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>JOIN US!<\/strong><br><br>Be part of the community of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Deep Learners (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/darylchowcourses.teachable.com\/p\/deeplearner\/\" target=\"_blank\">Deep Learners<\/a> from all over the world on this 3-month journey with in-depth content. 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