Once inside the museum, many studies have shown that most visitors spend less than one minute at any given exhibit display (Cone and Kendall 1978; Donald 1991; Allen 2004), so museum scientists and exhibit developers are challenged to communicate science in a highly focused, engaging manner (Bell et al. 2009).
On the same stage where Jimi Hendrix burnt his guitar and The Who trashed their instruments, Shankar sat cross-legged behind his sitar, calm and focussed, engaging in musical dialogues of thrilling virtuosity with his tabla player, Alla Rakha, in front of tens of thousands of stunned hippies.
Distractions and interruptions are significantly undermining our ability to focus, engage and be productive.
When viewing traumatic film stimuli, the type of sensory-perceptual focus engaged in is predominantly visual (rather than say olfactory or auditory).
Instead, they are experimenting with programs to help them become more organized, focused and engaged.
"Microsoft is now focused and engaged, but we haven't seen much yet," said Richard G. Sherlund, an analyst at Goldman Sachs.
"It's good to keep kids focused and engaged," said Dr. Jeanne Pryor, the district's assistant superintendent in charge of instruction.
His silk-smooth voice and warm presence help animate the evening, so that even when the stories seem haphazardly assembled (or, on a few occasions, trivial), the flow of the narrative is held together by his focused, fully engaged performance.
I witnessed serious, interesting instruction, with students and educators alike focused and engaged.
You must stay focused, stay engaged, and have a lot of confidence along the way.
