23-5314 The Brain & Learning: Building positive habits to maximise study and learning for the new school year

Course blurb
Getting off to a good start with your students matters. This course explores how the brain works and students’ learning strengths. It outlines practical ways that teachers can make every class a ‘learning to learn’ class, where students can practise strategies that enable them to study more effectively and ‘own’ their learning.

Intended Audience
Teachers (upper primary and second-level), Guidance Counsellors, Study Skills Co-ordinators, Parents.

Duration
1hr 15mins.

Learning Outcomes:

The participants will be enabled to:

• understand the brain and the role the different parts play in well-being and learning – the survival brain, the stressed brain, the thinking brain, the contented brain.
• engage in a range of activities to enable the learner to establish their learner profile – their learning strengths and preferred learning conditions.
• discuss the implications for teaching and learning and explore strategies – active and reflective through video exemplars – to leverage the learner’s innate strengths, empowering them to become more independent in their learning.