You will have many choices and options for engagement (visual, video, text, simulations) and resources that support this work.
Blog Reflection: Please share two important 'take-aways' from this experience and explain how you might use this knowledge in your classroom (current, past or future). Provide details and reference the specific web source. Respond to at least 2 other reflections. http://www.learner.org/courses/neuroscience/ or click on the image.
Overview: Insights drawn from neuroscience not only provide educators with a scientific basis for understanding some of the best practices in teaching, but also offer a new lens through which to look at the problems teachers grapple with every day. By gaining insights into how the brain works—and how students actually learn—teachers will be able to create their own solutions to the classroom challenges they face and improve their practice.
Resources (click on the blue to get to link):
Immordino-Yang, M.H., Christodoulou, J. +, Singh, V. + (2012). “Rest is not idleness”: Implications of the brain’s default mode for human development and education. Perspectives on Psychological Science.
Immordino-Yang, M.H. (2011). Musings on the neurobiological and evolutionary origins of creativity via a developmental analysis of one child’s poetry. LEARNING Landscapes, 5(1), 133-139.
Immordino-Yang, M. H. (2008, July 10). Emotions, social relationships, and the brain: implications for the classroom. ASCD Express, 3(20).
Immordino-Yang, M. H., & Damasio A. R. (2007). We feel therefore we learn: The relevance of affective and social neuroscience to education. Mind, Brain, and Education, 1(1), pp. 3–10.
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