An assistant learns through the support of fellow learners. He creates the basis for this through his own order, in which he assigns his preliminary understanding to certain categories. Knowledge and skills are consolidated through discussion and repetition. Group work, personal conversations (dialogues) and self-written paper documentation as well as tangible models (haptics) are helpful.

Each basic need has a particular way of learning.

The need for security means: When learning, I need peace and quiet. I want to be able to concentrate and work at my own pace. I can also manage with e-learning, but I take notes along the way because that consolidates the knowledge. It’s also good that you can repeat chapters in our program. Compared to others, I need more time to learn. I want to work intensively on it. Writing everything down neatly, drawing pictures to go with it, making models and making sure everything is in good order doesn’t happen so quickly. But in the end, I have something that I can certainly refer back to again and again.

The need to belong says: My advantage is that I can remember well what was said. Even if it doesn’t seem like it, I listen. Then when I discuss it with others, it quickly becomes clear if I’m off base or if what I’ve understood is true. Yes, I think I learn best when I try to teach it to others. Take a paper, for example. When I prepare it, I talk to people internally and listen in my imagination to see if it resonates with them. It may sound strange, but I can talk to them about it in my mind and usually find an example that is coherent for everyone.