material over breaks and it would be really hot in classrooms. Parent and student jobs, and other activities may also be affected. This could also be a disadvantage to teachers. The setup for going to school all year would be: students go to school for 45 days and get a 15 day break. Although year round schooling would keep kids brains on track all year. It would be much easier to have one long break like we do now, and only need to refresh your brain once. If students had many 15-20 day breaks they would…
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connection in the classroom. The amount of learning that takes place is related to the attachment of the teacher and peers. These important relationships help motivate students and make them more secure so that they are motivated to learn. I learned the importance of teacher and student rapport and that creating a supportive environment is essential for a successful classroom. This book helped me theorize the creation of attachment-based classrooms and to understand brain development. A classroom functions…
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Research from the 1800s proves that work with breaks and down time is more efficient than work in long periods of time without breaks. This shows that kids need breaks in order to learn better. At my school, you just barely finish lunch with 5 minutes to spare to go outside. This is obviously not enough time to get all of your energy out. I think that the school should have longer lunches so there is enough time to eat and go outside. A longer break in school gets kids more focused. 43 children…
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After taking “The Gendered Brain”, I have recognized that both boys and girls brains are very different. This course has open my mind that I cannot teach my curriculum in one way. Boys are not better than girls and vice versa. “Both are equally capable of learning and succeeding; they will just do so in ways that we must understand if we are to create an educational environment that meets the needs of both” (Gurian, Stevens, & King, 2008). My goal is to create the best learning environment for both…
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7. Teacher will instruct students to stop their snowball fight, choose the paper that is closest to them, and to share what was written on their paper aloud. “Stop! Alright, safely choose the snowball that is closest to you. [Students collect snowballs] Now let’s safely transition to the rug and sit in a circle, we will go around and share what everyone wrote. [Students sit in a circle and share what was written on the snowball they collected] I heard a lot of great responses!” 8. Teacher will…
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Summer break creeps up on students and takes ahold of them, forcing them to recline too much and forget everything. Think of this, sweating students are in a burning, hot classroom during the summertime. Suddenly, after days in the hot classroom, students get a three week break from school. This gives students a chance to finally escape the scorching sun and travel to somewhere cooler, like Denver, Colorado. Year-round schooling is where students attend school for forty-five or more days and then…
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sheets to help list the type of school activities you enjoy that relate to your brain type. E.g. Maths or English, Sport, drawing, group work, think in words, think in pictures, can easily read people’s emotions, creative problem solver, like facts and logic. I enjoy music and sport, I can understand if anybody is sad. Use the Who Am I? sheets to help list the type of school activities you enjoy that relate to your brain type. E.g. Maths or English, Sport, drawing, group work, think in words, think…
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education system. “In the 1960's, Dr. Georgi Lozanov and Evelyna Gateva researched ways to increase memory abilities including the use of music in the classroom. Their successes caught the attention of the world. Teaching techniques developed from their creative experiments and today we have a solid format for effective multisensory and whole brain learning called Accelerated Learning. This book does not describe the full philosophy or method designed by Lozanov. It will, however, draw upon the…
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Teachers are able to stand and walk around to teach the students, which is much healthier than having to sit for six hours day. If Chang stood up to do anything to demolish the feeling of her legs, multiple things could happen. The teacher in the classroom could likely get upset or stop teaching the whole class and exclaim, “Why aren’t you focused on your work, you have to ask to throw away your trash, or go use the restroom.” These two lines are a generalization of what multiple teachers say more…
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range from a decrease in cases of myopia to an increase of brain matter in the hippocampus which is responsible for the formation for memories in the brain. However, the time given for recess in schools is being cut short due to a higher priority placed on standardized tests and due to the punishments placed on schools that score poorly on the standardized tests. As a result many schools have to cut recess and keep students in the classroom to prepare them for a longer time. In conclusion a priority…
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