Brain Works: Better Teaching with the Brain in Mind
EDUC 792 or 600
3 CREDITS
$385
Combo
Instructor: Dr. Olufunmilayo Amobi
Grading: Letter
Spring, Summer & Fall (Ongoing)
Instruction Mode: Combination
Location: Course is available either online or print-based, ,
Academic Level: K-12 Professional Development
NDSU Credit Fee: $385
Partner Class Offered Through Learner's Edge
Course Description:
Filled with the latest information on how the brain learns, this course will energize and inspire! Learn how to teach in a more meaningful, powerful manner. Explore the role of emotion, retention, windows of opportunity, the primacy-recency effect, and much more. Whether this is your first brain course or your 4th, there is much here for you!
Objectives:
1. Understand how the brain encodes, manipulates, and stores information.
2. Understand how emotion can enhance or impede learning.
3. Understand the important role the following play in learning: windows of opportunity, closure, primacy-recency effect, working memory capacity, elaborative rehearsal.
4. Apply brain-based learning to the classroom.
5. Design a series of activities using brain-based strategies.
Texts/Readings:
Required reading for the course includes the following text:
Sousa, D. (2006), How the Brain Learns. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.