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Engaging All Students: An Introduction to WHOLE BRAIN TEACHING

Engaging All Students: An Introduction to WHOLE BRAIN TEACHING. WHOLE BRAIN. TEACHING. Workshop Facilitated by Maurice Azzano MA, BA, B.Ed. Maurice.Azzano@GeorgianCollege.ca. Please introduce yourself to your neighbour .

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Engaging All Students: An Introduction to WHOLE BRAIN TEACHING

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  1. Engaging All Students: An Introduction to WHOLE BRAIN TEACHING WHOLE BRAIN TEACHING Workshop Facilitated by Maurice Azzano MA, BA, B.Ed. Maurice.Azzano@GeorgianCollege.ca

  2. Please introduce yourself to your neighbour. Tell your neighbour what direction the ballerina is dancing. Clockwise? Counterclockwise? Both directions? Can you change the direction?

  3. KEY QUESTIONS: Do my students believe they have the ABILITY to learn in my class?

  4. KEY QUESTIONS: How do I know this to be true?

  5. Do we perceive our students as they really are?

  6. Perception: What You See Is What You Get

  7. THIS HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE IN TEACHING.

  8. THE LONGER I TALK … THE MORE STUDENTS I LOSE!

  9. I’VE GOT AN ENTIRE CLASS OF CHALLENGING STUDENTS!

  10. THEY WON’T TAKE PART IN DISCUSSIONS!

  11. THEY CAN’T THINK CRITICALLY!

  12. THEY’RE NOT VERY GOOD AT PROBLEM-SOLVING!

  13. ISN’T THERE ANYONE WHO CAN HELP ME??!!

  14. THERE MUST BE SOMETHING THAT I CAN DO TO ENGAGE MY STUDENTS …

  15. … AND ENHANCE THEIR LEARNING.

  16. DO YOU WANT TO TRY SOMETHING REALLY DRASTIC?

  17. TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED …

  18. WHAT I NEED IS SOME MASSIVE DOSES OF WHOLE BRAIN TEACHING!

  19. OMG! I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT WHOLE BRAIN TEACHING IS! HELP! HELP ME! HELP!

  20. DON’T WORRY. WE’RE HERE TO HELP...

  21. BUILD RELATIONSHIPS BASED ON TRUST AND RESPECT.

  22. THE FIVE FINGER CONTRACT RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY COMMITMENT SAFETY ENCOURAGEMENT CHALLENGE BY CHOICE

  23. A HELPING GAME Double, Double, This, This. Double, Double, That, That. Double This. Double That. Double, Double, This, That! DOUBLE THIS THAT Now pick up some speed!

  24. “If a student’s whole brain is involved in learning ... ... there isn’t any mental area left for anything else.” Chris Biffle

  25. THE DIVIDED BRAIN Iain McGilchrist RIGHT HEMISPHERE LEFT HEMISPHERE FOR IMAGINATION YOU NEED BOTH HEMISPHERES FOR REASON YOU NEED BOTH HEMISPHERES

  26. Point to your thumb. Switch. Rotate your right leg clockwise. Draw a #6 in the air. Let’s test the strength of our divided brain.

  27. The Triune Brain Paul Mclean

  28. The Thinking Brain: The Neo-Cortex creates and interprets meaning out of our life experiences, and is the center of our cognitive functions, such as thought. The Emotional Brain: We are emotional creatures. This is the Limbic System: it fosters attachment, empathy, and mediating emotions. The Survival Brain: The brain stem and spinal cord are responsible for our most basic survival mechanisms, such as sensory perception, safety and the "Fight or Flight" response to perceived danger.

  29. Learning and the Triune Brain • Brain Stem • Hold your fist in the air • Touch your wrist • Say: “BRAIN STEM”

  30. Learning and the Triune Brain • Limbic System • Touch your fist • Say: “LIMBIC SYSTEM”

  31. Learning and the Triune Brain • Neo Cortex • Lay your hand over your fist • Say: “NEO CORTEX”

  32. WHOLE BRAIN Harry Berger: Constructivism

  33. 1000 40 1000 30 1000 20 1000 + 10 4100

  34. 4100

  35. Social Contagion

  36. IS COLLABORATION REALLY THAT IMPORTANT? Collaboration

  37. The Scannell-Newman Personality Indicator Select the geometric shape that best represents your personality. • You are: • Strongly preoccupied with sex • You are: • Intellectual • Objective • Rational • A good decision-maker • You are: • Steady • Dependable • Conservative • Able to Persevere • You are: • Dissatisfied with the status quo • A believer in no-nonsense behaviour • A risk taker Is it possible to characterize people with such a “test”?

  38. TODAY’S WARM-UP: A CALL-AND-RESPONSE GAME CALL: The name of the game RESPONSE: The name of the game CALL: is always the same RESPONSE: is always the same CALL: “People to people” RESPONSE: “People to people” Change partner when you hear “People to people” Possible Matches: SHOULDER TO SHOULDER KNEE TO ANKLE HIP TO HIP SHOULDER TO ELBOW BACK TO BACK KNEE TO THIGH WRIST TO WRIST ELBOW TO THUMB

  39. PasiSahlberg Director of education-Finland

  40. What are your long-term goals for your students?

  41. What would you want them to be like after they’ve left you?

  42. What words and phrases come to mind?

  43. KALEIDOSCOPE BRAINSTORMING • "...Romantic interplay between silence and interaction... • A heavenly marriage of thesis and antithesis.." D. Murthy • “Multiple Mind Conferencing” • Silence and Communication are used as tools for generating possible strategies STEPS: • Initial brainstorming session • Silent brainstorming session • Presentation of ideas • “The Kaleidoscope Effect” • PROBLEM • How could compatible people meet each other for romance?

  44. WHAT WE ARE DOING… WHAT WE WANT… HOW WE WOULD LIKE OUR STUDENTS TO TURN OUT… WHAT OUR CLASSROOMS AND LESSONS LOOK LIKE… WIDE CHASM

  45. The Monty Hall Problem Play the game and maybe win BIG MONEY!

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