How the Brain Learns: Online Seminar October 8
Every educator wonders from time to time (or maybe all the time!) what his or her students are thinking. But what about how they’re thinking?
You’re invited to attend a live broadcast of an online seminar on How the Brain Learns: Implications for Teaching and Learning.
When: October 8, 2013, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Where: Scott Library Room 200A
The presenters, Leslie Myers, M.Ed, and Melissa Terlicki, Ph.D. will survey the current landscape of neuroscience research, citing recent findings about issues including:
How emotion and motivation contribute to learning
How the brain receives information
How information is sorted, processed, and prioritized
How environmental factors contribute to the acquisition of knowledge
How the brain physically develops as knowledge builds
The importance of relevance and engagement in the learning environment
With those findings as a backdrop, they’ll examine pedagogical methods that can leverage the brain’s natural processes to enhance learning. Specifically, they will provide a toolbox of classroom techniques to help you:
Establish an environment that promotes learning
Dial into student motivators
Deliver course content in ways that optimize comprehension
Create strong foundational learning for students to build on
Encourage the formation of critical knowledge connections and associations
Enhance retention of course material
You’ll gain greater insight into what drives the learning process in your students. That in turn will...
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