A+Fresh+Look+at+Brain-Based+Education


 * __ http://teachers.net/gazette/OCT08/jensen/ __**
 * __ John Bruer __**
 * Wrote articles criticizing brain based education 10 years ago
 * Due to writings like these many educators thought they were not capable of understanding how the brain works.


 * __ Proving Bruer Wrong __**
 * 1983 Leslie Hart wrote a book about  a new model was introduced that established connections between brain function and educational practice

__** Brain Based Education **__
 * The brain is connected with everything every educator and student does in school
 * 3 words best describe brain based education
 * 1) Engagement
 * 2) Strategies
 * 3) Principles
 * "engagement of strategies based on principles derived from an understanding of the brain."
 * __ Connections Educators should make: __**
 * New neurons are highly related with memory, mood, and learning. These can be regulated by our every day behaviors.
 * Social conditions influence our brain. Schools need to work to strengthen prosocial interactions
 * When schools used the best skill building protocol educators can make a positive and significant changes to the brain in a short period of time.
 * Manage students stress levels
 * Create a good environment for students
 * Make sure students have good nutrition/getting exercise
 * Let students explore their creative side
 * "Aggressive behavioral therapies, new drugs, and stem cell implantation can be used to influence, regulate, and repair brain-based disorders."

**__Brain-based education must move from being a "field" to becoming more of a "domain__**."
 * This science is still trying to mature into a more credible perspecitve
 * __ Progress:  __**
 * Two major conference organizations, PIRI and the Learning Brain EXPO (the author's company), have produced "science to the classroom" events for 10 years.
 * Harvard University now has both master's and doctoral degrees in it.
 * There's also a peer-reviewed scientific journal on brain-based education