Sticky Learning: How Neuroscience Supports Teaching That's Remembered (eBook)

Kathy L. Dawson, Holly J. Inglis, Rodger Y. Nishioka (Autoren)

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2014
120 Seiten
Fortress Press (Verlag)
978-1-4514-8965-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Educators are engaging with neuroscientists to reshape classroom practices, content delivery, curriculum design, and physical classroom spaces to enhance students’ learning and memory, primarily in elementary and secondary education. Why not in seminary education?An overview of brain-friendly approaches to teaching enable seminary instructors to make concrete modifications in the structure and content of what they teach, making learning more ‘sticky.’Inglis’s synopsis of the use of neuroscience in the classroom and suggested action is followed by a collaborative dialogue with Kathy L. Dawson and Rodger Y. Nishioka.

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<p>Despite the introduction of new technologies for classrooms, many seminary courses still utilize primarily auditory methods to convey content. Course outcomes may include opportunities for learners to demonstrate knowledge and skills gained but may not include opportunities for learners to begin to embed knowledge and skills into their long-term memory.</p><p>Educators are engaging with neuroscientists to reshape classroom practices, content delivery, curriculum design, and physical classroom spaces to enhance students' learning and memory, primarily in elementary and secondary education. Why not in seminary education? </p><p>An overview of how learning occurs in our brain, what the different types of memory are, and how memory is created serves as a framework for suggesting pedagogical tools. These brain-friendly tools are specifically applied to individual academic disciplines, enabling instructors to make concrete modifications in the structure and content of what is taught, making learning more ';sticky.'</p><p>As a group, Inglis, Dawson, and Nishioka create a text that extends pedagogical innovation in inspiring but practical ways.</p>

Autor

Holly J. Inglis has served as a pastor in the Society of Friends and as a Presbyterian church educator in Indiana and Colorado. She holds a Master of Divinity from Earlham School of Religion in Richmond, Indiana and a doctorate in educational ministry from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.11.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Seminarium Elements
• Reihe/Serie: Seminarium Elements
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Religionspädagogik / Katechetik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
• Schlagworte: Emotion • learning • learning activities • learning outcomes • Memory • Neuroscience • Sticky Learning
• ISBN-10: 1-4514-8965-X / 145148965X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4514-8965-1 / 9781451489651