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2. The Brain

3. Brain Weighs 1300 - 1400 g Made up of about 100 billion neurons
“The most complex living structure on the universe”
Makes us who we are

4. Brain structure Cerebrum cerebellum hypothalamus Pituitary gland
medulla

5. Parts of the cerebrum

6. Parts of the cerebrum

7. Motor strip and homunculus

9. Exterior Parts of the Brain
Frontal Lobes – planning & thinking
Temporal Lobe – sound, speech, LTM
Occipital –
visual processing
Parietal lobe – orientation, calculations

10. Interior Parts of the Brain
Limbic System – generation of emotions
Thalamus – processes sensory stimuli – except smell
Hippocampus – checks info in working memory to stored experiences

11. Cerebral Mode R I G H T M O D E
Non V B A L L E F T M O D V R B A
Logical
Analytical
Fact Based
Qualitative
Holistic
Intuitive
Integrating
Synthesizing
Organized
Sequential
Planned
Detailed
Interpersonal
Emotional
Kinesthetic
Feeling Based
Limbic Mode

12. Brain Transmissions
Neurons transmit impulses along an axon and across the synapse to the dendrites of the neighboring cell

13. 1,000,000,000,000,000 synapses
Learning occurs by changing the synapses so that the influence of one neuron on another also changes.
The more complex the skills demanded in an occupation, the more dendrites were found on the neurons – creates more sites in which to store learnings

14. How the Brain Learns
Connections the brain finds useful become permanent; those not useful are eliminated as the brain selectively strengthens and prunes connections based on experience.
What are the implications for teaching?

15. The Brain is a novelty seeker
The brain has a persistent interest in novelty.
An environment that contains mostly predictable stimuli lowers the brain’s interest

16. Information Processing Model
Learning
Storing
Remembering
Are all dynamic and interactive processes

17. Information Processing Model
It limits its scope to the major cerebral operations that deal with:
Collecting
Evaluating
Storing
Retrieving information
The parts that are most useful to educators

18. How the Brain Learns Colleton County School District
Administrative Meeting – July 28, 2005

20. How the Brain Learns

21. Thanks
Ishant Sinha
Shimla

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