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Linking Learning and Leadership to Brain Research

Nova Southeastern UniversityJuly 28, 2013

21st Century Learning

Emphasis on the right hemisphere

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

Left vs. Right

Left vs. Right (cont’d)

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