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come alive!

… dreamin’ with youreyes wide open

cobrar vida!

come alive!

light your lightburn so bright

more than you could ever be

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come alive!

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Navigating the New Reality

a brain-centered approach to teaching and learning

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validatesawakens

renovates

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neuro-sciencecognitive psychology

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educational research

newperspective

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principlesprinciplesprinciples

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Ihave an

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brain discarded

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data indata out

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hemisphericity

1980’s

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Triune Brain Theory1990’s

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2000’s

symbioticinterconnectednetwork ofassociativerelationships

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instruction

hmmm …

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in the words of a neuroscientist

Dr. Michael GazzanigaNobel Prize contender in neuroscience

Nature’s biological imperative is simple: no intelligence or ability will unfold until or unless given the

appropriate model environment.

survival

learning

solution-finding

connections

what we do everyday?

impact

Our curriculumcan only be mastered

when orchestratedaccording to how the

brainlearnsbest.

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colorful charts

simulations

group challenges

community

tap prior knowledge

thematic environments

partner teach

humor, games

debates

celebrations

acknowledgments

global overviews

sequences

icons

Which of these do your learners experience?

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role plays, acting

body motions

stories

complex, open-ended projects, experiences

multi-faceted projects with deadlines for display

link concepts to other subjects

surprise, suspense, disorder

diagrams

models

color-code related information

positive affirmations

music

mnemonics

intense sensory experiences

What about these?

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display colorful charts, pictures, posters

set up simulations, field trips, projects

design group problem solving challenges

establish communityand belonging

complex, adaptable,

social system

#1

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My brain’s ameaning-seekingpattern-makingpurpose-detectingorgan of the mind.

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tap prior knowledge, experience…build schema

create thematic environments

employ multiple strategies

let the learner teach

meaning isinnate

and occursthrough

patterning

#2

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release stress breathing, humor, games

increase rapportpartner learning, dialogues

foster positive emotions celebrations,

acknowledgments

emotionsare critical to

pattern-making

andmeaning

#3

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we strive for mastery so let’s go for it

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provide global overviews

sequence the steps for mastering the material

alternate between big picture and details

simultaneouslyperceives and

createsparts and

wholes

#4

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display content in icons

use charts,diagrams, models

color-coderelated information

post positive affirmations

utilize music

focusedattention

andperipheralperception

#5

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develop mnemonics

create intensesensory experiences

role play, act

use body motions

tell stories,use metaphors

facts & skillsremembered

best whenembedded in

contextualmemory

#6

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we strive for mastery you can do it

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exploreage appropriate

concepts

design complex,open-ended projects,

experiences

learningis

developmental

#7

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hold debates

assign multi-faceted projects with deadlines for display

inject surprise,suspense, disorder

ask learners to link ideasto other subjects

learning isenhanced by

challengeand

inhibited bythreat

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differentiate learning

establish cross-agetutoring

employ multiple intelligences

and modalities

provide choice

unique

#9

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we strive for mastery trust your brain

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make the connection

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