USING KNOWLDEDGE OF BRAIN DEVELOPMENT TO PROMOTE

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USING KNOWLDEDGE OF BRAIN DEVELOPMENT TO PROMOTE
WHOLE CHILD LEARNING

• What are the most significant ways in that we can
  apply the science of brain development to assure
  we teach the
• Whole child?

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Class Activity

• Who?
• Teams of three/four
• What?
• Research and then create an engaging staff or
  parent development presentation arguing that
  knowledge of brain development in children can
  lead us to PreK-12 curricula that addresses the
  Whole Child. When?
• Class time during the week of Nov. 10th 17th and
  24th.
• How?
• Select research topic/information that is most
  interesting to you align it with the ASCD Whole
  Child Campaign and create an engaged learning
  workshop to deliver your argument to our class.

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Team Roles

• Checker/Timekeeper
• Makes sure that team knows the time constraints,
  the steps to achieve the task and any questions
  are answered
• Recorder
• Makes sure that all ideas are written down and
  the teams drafts are recorded.
• Research Validator
• Makes sure that research ideas, resources are
  gathered and given to recorder. Checks for
  alignment between the curricular goal and the
  brain research.
• Workshop design consultant
• Takes responsibility for the execution of the
  teams presentation
• i.e. Works with checker to see that each person
  knows what the plan is and what each team member
  must do to achieve the outcome.

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ASSESSMENT

• Creating an Engaged Learning Lesson
• Group Assessment Rubric for Collaborative
  Project

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