Rebels with Applause Handout - Conscious Teaching

14 Pages·2013·7.37 MB·English

by  Grace Dearborn

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R! ick Smith ! Grace Dearborn
Founder / Owner Director of Programs
Mentor Teacher / Consultant Mentor Teacher / Consultant
[email protected] [email protected]

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AGENDA
Brain
Research
PET SCAN: Positron Emission Tomography
“Neurons that fire
together, wire
together”
Neuroplasticity:
The growing and
withering of neural
connections in the
brain based on usage
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neuroscientists suggest…
pause periodically for
ACTIVE
ENGAGEMENT
Rat Brain Research

NoteTaking NoteMaking
Summary
Highlights
Translation
Rhyme/Rap/Song
Comparison
Acronym
Slogan
Question?
Question!
Speculation
Examples
Alliteration
Reflection
Silent Think
Time
Writing Drawing
Out Loud Out Loud
w/ teacher w/ partner(s)
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“Adding fractions, adding fractions
This is how you play the game,
First the bottoms have to match
Then you add the tops
While the bottoms stay the same”
“Haploid cells, haploid cells
Sex cells all the way,
Half of what you need
In order to breed
Meiosis saved the day- Hey!”
(To the tune of Jingle Bells)
A Model of Memory
(1-2 sec) (18 sec)
Brain Compatible Learning
Attention + Connection + (Collaborative) Rehearsal = Long Term Retention
Attention
Connection Rehearsal
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Cocktail Party
Effect
The Runaway
Stage Coach
Principle
Emotion & Attention
Heightened emotional
response focuses attention
Too much = Too little =
shut down no engagement
How Emotion
Works
Conscious
Processing
Relay
Station
Emotional
Processing
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attention focused
memory enhanced
cog. function diminished
too strong just right too mild
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Portrait of a Reluctant Learner
•  has trouble paying attention
•  seems bored and/or forgetful
•  doesn’t usually participate
•  does work sporadically
Sally
•  either disruptive or silent
Strategies
for Participation
•  8 Raised Hands
•  All Raised Hands
•  Over the Shoulder
•  Class Consultant
•  Teacher-Teacher
•  Answer or Echo
•  I Don’t Know… Yet
•  I’ll Come Back to You
•  But What I Do Know Is…
•  Advance Notice
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•  Relevance
•  Cognitive
Dissonance
•  Choices
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Where can I build-in choice for my students?
We’re doing 3 things today, which first?
Of 10 HW questions, choose odds or evens
Quiz w/ 12 questions, answer any 10
Alternatives to assignments
Kids teaching each other
Project-based learning
Community service
Motivating the Unmotivated
Reluctance comes
from isolation
Collaboration in a
safe environment is
the foundation for
motivating reluctant
learners
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1. Calm
2. Clear
3. Confident
4. Connected
5. Consistent
6. Compassionate
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K-I-D-Z RADIO
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s“Po lIe caasne lheealrpn maned tgruroswt,”
Positive Connections
2 minutes a day
10 days in a row
85% improvement*
2 x 10
What are some ways to make
positive connections
with students?
Attention + Connection + (Collaborative) Rehearsal = Long Term Retention
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Creating Experience
•  Experiential
•  Representational
•  Visual
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Survival on the Moon
Collaborative Rehearsal
Attention + Connection + (Collaborative) Rehearsal = Long Term Retention
Rote Rehearsal:
Over and over and over
and over and over… again
Rehearsal
Elaborative Rehearsal:
Using, thinking, changing,
manipulating…
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