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byEwing Coleman GreenEDD 8260 CRN 50099
Linking Learning and Leadership to Brain Research
Nova Southeastern UniversityJuly 28, 2013
The PastPink (2006) suggested:
The 20th centuryPrimarily logic, sequence, and analytical skills
Advances in science, engineering, and finance (flight, energy generation, capital deployment, globalization)
Age of computing, language of code
Information technology
Focus on product function
Left brain powered
The FuturePink (2006) argued:
The 21st century promises to place a premium onIntuitive and holistic thinking supported by logic and analysis
Big picture perspective
Age of conceptual thinking, language of story
Forming creative connections
Collaboration
Focus on product design
Right brain powered
The Future (cont’d)
Black and Gregersen (2008) argued:People develop mental maps based on experience
20th century perspective tended to be self-centric and fixed
21st century perspective must be juxtapositional and integrated
Larger context, contrasting, flexible, and empathetic
Requires collaborative seeing, moving, finishing
Right brain powered
NeuroscienceAdvances in brain analysis using techniques such as fMRI, PET, and SPECT are pinpointing brain functioning
Executive functioning of the frontal lobes over distributed cognition
Integrated yet distinct functioning of the left and right hemispheres
Neuroscience (cont’d)
Goldberg (2009) reported:Left hemisphere primarily handles
Logic
Sequence
Activating established routines
Analysis
Right hemisphere primarily handlesContext
Synthesis
Formulating creative solutions
Emotional expression
Education needs to ‘turn right’
The research, 21st century workforce requirements, and advances in neuroscience all point to the need for greater development and deployment of the right hemisphere
Education has a key role to play
Teacher professional development and student learning engagement must focus more on the right brain
Proposed Symposium
“Turn Right for Whole Brain Learning Symposium”
21st Century Educational Superhighway
Symposium (cont’d)
Middle School teachers, campus principals and administrators
Grade 8 students
September 18, 2013 from 12:45 to 4:30 in PAC
Leadership Team presentation and buy in
logistics
Marketing and communication
Symposium (cont’d)
Brief introduction and welcome
Keynote address by Daniel H. Pink – “Turn Right on the 21st Century Educational Superhighway”
Open forum sessions throughout PAC including stage, lobby, side rooms, and second level
Participant takeaways/transfer prompts
Feedback
The Sessions13 right brain oriented purposeful sessions
Repeating sessions, approximately 30 minute duration
Stage: movement and dance (2)— focused on big picture, emotional expression, and flexible grouping
Second floor: music— focused on differentiation and collaborative discussion
Side room: art (2)— focused on drawing, painting and mind mapping
Sessions (cont’d)Side rooms and both tiers of lobby: (8)— two sessions each focused on the core subjects (language arts, social studies, math, and science
Cross-disciplinary content using multi-media audiovisuals
Emphasis on student relevancy, humor, games, and creative repetition
Participant takeaway
Individual prompt sheets will facilitate participant takeaway:
How is this session relevant to your teaching?
What ideas does this session spark in making right brain connections in your teaching?
In what unit(s) does this best fit? When?
What are your next steps?
What are the symposium strengths? Areas for improvement?
FeedbackSurvey Monkey link to be sent on the day following the symposium, September 19
Identify symposium strengths
Identify symposium areas for improvement
Mr. Pink’s feedback
Inform follow-up discussion on a potential future symposium
CostsKeynote address – Mr. Daniel H. Pink
Venue (no cost)
Marketing (banners, brochures, and posters)
Laptop rental (no cost)
Materials- art, drama, and manipulatives (no cost)
Substitute teachers (no cost)
Prompt sheets and feedback (no cost)
Digital resources (no cost)
Donor QuestionsDo you believe this symposium will benefit SAS student development?
What other considerations do you believe need to be considered to maximize effectiveness?
What questions do you have at this point?
Do you support the funding of this symposium?
ReferencesBlack, J. S., & Gregersen, H. B. (2008). It starts with one: Changing individuals changes organizations. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Wharton School Publishing.
Goldberg, E. (2009). The new executive brain: Frontal lobes in a complex world. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Pink, D. H. (2006). A whole new mind: Why right-brainers will rule the future. New York, NY: Penguin.
Image URLsSlide 2- Brain. Retrieved from http://sr.photos3.fotosearch.com/bthumb/ CSP/CSP990/k9965377.jpg
Slide 8. Left vs. Right 1. Retrieved from http://www.lefthandersday.com/ images/brainorg.jpg
Slide 9. Left vs. Right 2. Retrieved from http://assets1.bigthink.com/system/idea_thumbnails/45642/headline/rightbrain.jpg?
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Slide 11. School bus. Retrieved from http://www.google.com/imgres?q=school+bus+highway
Slide 11. Right turn blinker. Retrieved from http://www.google.com/imgres? q=school+bus+right+blinker
Slide 18- Dollar Sign. Power Point Clip Gallery