Blogging… Brains and Learning

Blogging… Brains and Learning

I searched for interesting reading and came across an ebook in the Walden Library that referrers to some key things “learning environments are learner centered, knowledge centered, assessment centered, and community centered”(Bransford, 2000)

We are now looking past just the brain but the interconnection of the brain in environments as those to can change a brain to act differently within each environment. We cannot possibly look at one aspect like assessment and not consider all other influences including home life and community to include in how the assessment is conduced.

The second article of reading I found was a document written by Dr Jeanne Ormrod. It was the premise of are there too many “Isms” and her paper on “Teaching with Big Ideas”.

The ideas stem that why label the learning with an “Ism”? Her approach is mixing and meshing of "isms" to meet the needs of the learner. Why stick to one?  Our goal is getting the learner outside the box and engaged and proactive in their learning..

Pam :-)

References:

Bransford, John, (2000) How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School, National Academy Press http://www.netlibrary.com/Reader/

Ormrod, Jeanne, (1998), Teaching Teachers: The Problem with Emphasizing "Isms." - Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (San Diego, CA, April 13-17, 1998)  http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED422292.pdf