What?
In class we learned about the brain and some of its main functions. At the beginning of class we took a test to see how much knowledge we had about the brain. Then we were split into partners to study a specific part of the brain. Then after we had time to research our part of the brain we split into two learning circles so every group had one person who had researched each section of the brain. We then spent a lot of the class discussing what each of us had learned from our research. This process of learning a subject and splitting into groups is called a jigsaw. Some of the parts of the brain we learned about include: Hippocampus (which helps with memory, learning, and emotions) and Wernicks area (which helps with understanding and comprehension). We also learned about how the brain develops from the back to front causing younger people to have problems with making decisions.
So What?
This topic is important to know about because it helps me to have a basic knowledge of how the brain works. This is also useful because as a teacher you have to plan lessons for a variety of students with different abilities but still make your lessons equal, or at least as close as you can get to being equal. However, if you are able to understand what some of their commonalities are you can create a diverse lesson which engages all your students. For instance, in class we talked about how teenagers have developed their emotional part of their brain but have not developed their rational/ decision making part of their brain.
Now What?
By understanding this I know that my teenager’s emotions will be all over the place but they won’t be able to make decisions or plan ahead. When I plan a lesson out I will want to help them make decisions without getting their emotions too involved to keep the situation neutral. I also have a nifty teaching strategy to use when I go into the classroom.
In class we learned about the brain and some of its main functions. At the beginning of class we took a test to see how much knowledge we had about the brain. Then we were split into partners to study a specific part of the brain. Then after we had time to research our part of the brain we split into two learning circles so every group had one person who had researched each section of the brain. We then spent a lot of the class discussing what each of us had learned from our research. This process of learning a subject and splitting into groups is called a jigsaw. Some of the parts of the brain we learned about include: Hippocampus (which helps with memory, learning, and emotions) and Wernicks area (which helps with understanding and comprehension). We also learned about how the brain develops from the back to front causing younger people to have problems with making decisions.
So What?
This topic is important to know about because it helps me to have a basic knowledge of how the brain works. This is also useful because as a teacher you have to plan lessons for a variety of students with different abilities but still make your lessons equal, or at least as close as you can get to being equal. However, if you are able to understand what some of their commonalities are you can create a diverse lesson which engages all your students. For instance, in class we talked about how teenagers have developed their emotional part of their brain but have not developed their rational/ decision making part of their brain.
Now What?
By understanding this I know that my teenager’s emotions will be all over the place but they won’t be able to make decisions or plan ahead. When I plan a lesson out I will want to help them make decisions without getting their emotions too involved to keep the situation neutral. I also have a nifty teaching strategy to use when I go into the classroom.
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