EDUC 6131 The Brain and Best Practice Teaching

This course will help you teach in a more meaningful, powerful manner. You will be a more effective teacher when you can base your teaching methods on updated scientific information about the learning brain. This course will explore the role of emotion in learning, different types of memory rehearsal, how the brain stores and retrieves information, the primacy-recency effect, windows of opportunity, and much more. Learn how to make learning last, and learn how to create a meaning-filled classroom environment. Explore numerous examples of successful brain- based learning strategies in all grade levels and subjects.