EDU 722 - Making a Good Brain Better (3)

Brain dysfunction is a reason students fail at school. The brain is malleable and capable of change. This experiential class will explore cutting-edge neuroscience as it applies to the classroom. Emphasis will be placed on the most effective strategies to optimize learning potential, to make good brains great and difficult ones better. Participants will be able to: 1. describe how children learn and develop; 2. provide opportunities supporting intellectual, social and personal growth; 3. recognize and provide for individual differences and diversity, 4. use a variety of instructional strategies to encourage students’ development of skills and strategies for critical thinking and problem solving, and 5. use classroom management and motivational strategies to create a positive learning environment.