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The Brain and Its’Uses…
Becoming Ignatian Educators …
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20th century tools…
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The BRAIN
20 billion neurons
Each is connected to at least 10,000 other neurons
Research suggests that the way memory works is by the changes in connections among neurons
Neurons that fire together, wire together
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Biology of Emotion 101
Brain is an organ of emotion-evolution
Emotion are for survival- fight/flight, reproduction
Positive-give me more! Dopamine
Negative-give me less! Adrenaline and its’ relatives
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Meaning-relevancy, emotion and context
Activity
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Relevancy and Emotion
Hooking students=engagement; How do you know what students are really engaged? What does that look like? What does it feel like?
Emotions and learning are intertwined; what might this look like? Examples
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Amygdala-influences cortex(emotion connected to memory
Integrate emotion into learning process=engage meaning and memory
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How does it work?
Example: use of music, games, choice in projects, use of self assessment projects, storytelling, role –playing, songs, poems=connect current events to curriculum and students lives and experience
Remember: Connections made w/o relevancy=no long term learning
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What do you think? Starburst #1
In what areas of you discipline have you seen students struggle for understanding?
What have you done to break through the place of confusion or stuckness?
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Context-processing info
The brain understands through patterns, not lists (the cortex makes and detects patterns)
Brain makes connections between new info and related fields
Where does this come from? Innate-infants prefer patterns (neural pathways built)
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CONTEXT PROCESSING CONTINUTED…
Relevance-first step for pattern making Cross-disciplinary work-good for the brain, can
be a stretch; necessitates development of new neural connections
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Activity/Movement
Good for brain circulation and neuron health, improves mood; physical activity uses 100% of the brain
Incorporate energizers every 20 minutes or so… Students need to change postures/positions PAUSE – Partner Activity – How can you incorporate movement into your
classroom? Concerns? Benefits?
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Activity…
DT should be limited to 15-20 minutes max (brain needs time to process info, attention span shifts, what is normal for teen age brain?)
Can alleviate stress (some stress is ok…too much is like acid on memory)
Leads to increase dendrite activity
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How to insert activity
Incorporate into content of lesson..review/reinforce/draw connections, etc. What might that look like?
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Cognitive Flexibility
ReadBrain GamesRegular Aerobic ExerciseListen to students, and their
music
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Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm
pedagogy: the art, science, or profession of teaching
Context
Experience
Reflection
Action
Evaluation
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PERSPECTIVE
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Lifelong Learning
Students provide us the FGO’s and FGE’s
When we feel challenged, often something left over from our own childhood experience
High school education gives us the opportunity to continue to learn as we reflect on our experiences from new and ever evolving points of view
Iggy Loy=Major Role Model
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Lifelong Learning II
The mind continues to develop throughout the lifespan
Recent research suggests
-the brain continues develop both new connections and perhaps new neurons throughout a person’s life
Experience shapes neural connections in the brain; therefore, experience shapes the mind
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Mindsight
The ability to perceive our own minds and the minds of others
Depends on our ability to create mental symbols of the mind itself
Allows us to focus on thoughts, feelings, perceptions , sensations, memories, beliefs, attitudes and intentions of others, as well as of ourselves
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Mindsight, cont’d. We often look at the behavior of students focusing only on the
surface level of the experience
Focus on the deeper level=focus on the mind
Focus on the level of the mind nurtures development of
emotional understanding and compassion
Mindsight=cousin of Magis
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Mindfulness
..is at the heart of nurturing relationships
Live in the present moment
Aware of thoughts and feelings
Open to the thoughts and feelings of our students
When we are fully present as teachers, students are enabled to fully experience themselves in the moment
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Response Flexibility
.. is the ability to the mind to sort through a variety of mental processes, i.e. impulses, ideas and feelings, and come up with a thoughtful, nonautomatic response.
-the ability to respond rather than react(proactive vs. reactive)
-ability to delay gratification/inhibit impulsive behaviors
-hard to do when HALT (hungry, angry, lonely, tired)
-difficult to do when balance with student’s need for stucture and predictability
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ENVIRONMENT
Keep it fresh
Meet students where they are at
Multi-sensory
Refresh, refresh, refresh
Engage..engage…engage
Our ability to have sensitive, reciprocal communication nurtures a child’s sense of security
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Take aways…
RelevancyEmotionContextActivityLife long learning
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Starburst Revisited
What does that Starburst candy in your hand have to do with anything that we have been talking about for the last 45 minutes?
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Resource Websites
http://www.greenleaflearning.com/About_Us/About_Us.htm
http://drdansiegel.com/
http://www.funderstanding.com/brain/brain-based-learning/
http://www.learningandthebrain.com/
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2013/04/Inside-the-Learning-Brain
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And, if all else fails…
borrow a page from the Gospel according to Bill and Ted, and…
BE EXCELLENT TO EACH OTHER