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Engaging Learners - The Brain's Behind It (Auckland)

08 October 2010
9.00am - 3.30pm

Learning Network NZ, Cnr Soljan & Universal Drives, Henderson

Price Member Price $180.00 Non-members $200.00
Multiple booking discount: $180.00 for 3 or more orders placed by the same school at the same time

“Some of the newest research available suggests we may have to radically rethink how we might engage with 21st century minds if we are truly sincere in delivering quality educational experiences and attaining quality educational outcomes.”

We have invited one of Australasia’s leading brain compatible learning experts to share his knowledge of what the latest research is telling us about learning and the brain.

In a blend of keynotes, workshops and Q&A, Mike Nagel will talk about the best strategies to increase student engagement and achievement through understanding how the brain really works.

Programme: (for full descriptions scroll down)

9.00am - 10.00am Keynote:

Hello, is there anybody in there? Understanding the developing brain

10.00am - 10.30am Morning tea

10.30am - 12.00pm Workshop 1:

Sugar and spice and all things gender-specific: Enhancing learning environments through understanding neurology and 'brainsex'

12.00pm - 1.00pm Lunch

1.00pm - 2.30pm Workshop 2:

Where to now? Educating in the 21st century

2.45pm - 3.30pm Q&A / Closing

Mike will address questions from the audience and share his closing thoughts.

Keynote & workshop descriptions:

Hello, is there anybody in there? Understanding the developing brain
In 1990 President Bush (senior) signed a proclamation dedicating the 90’s as the ‘Decade of the Brain’. This presidential act witnessed more worldwide research in the neurological sciences than at any other time in history and also saw the merging of neuroscience with many other fields of research and inquiry. As a result of all of this work, education has been reinvigorated with new understandings of how the brain grows and develops. Moreover, some of the newest research available suggests we may have to radically rethink how we might engage with 21st century minds if we are truly sincere in delivering quality educational experiences and attaining quality educational outcomes.

Sugar and spice and all things gender-specific: Enhancing learning environments through understanding neurology and 'brainsex'
Are you aware that neuroscientists continue to uncover a range of anatomical, chemical and functional differences between the brains of boys and girls? What might you do differently if you were armed with an understanding of the neurological differences between boys and girls and how this might impact on behaviour and learning? This workshop looks to uncover some of this information by focusing on contemporary research into how the brain develops, the differences that exist between boys and girls and some of the implications this has for educators as we engage with the students around us while they grow and learn.

Where to now? Educating in the 21st century
Increasingly there is growing recognition that our world has changed exponentially and on an enormous scale. Moreover, our understanding of the brain at the intersection of a technologically rampant society suggests that 21st century learners are unlike previous generations of students. This workshop looks to unpack some of this information by examining the changing nature of society and technology, the resultant changes in how students engage with the world around them and what this might mean for educators. The underlying message from the research used to frame this workshop is that pedagogy and curriculum will need a major overhaul if it truly hopes to engage with 21st century minds.

Dr Michael C Nagel
Dr Nagel is an educator, motivator, researcher, author, mentor and parent. Over the last three decades he has worked with children on three continents as a teacher and behaviour specialist....

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