1. The Art of Changing the Brain: Enriching teaching by studying the biology of learning James E. Zull
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Arlington VA

2. JAMES E. ZULL FROM BRAIN TO MIND USING BRAIN RESEARCH TO GUIDE EDUCATIONAL CHANGE STYLUS (AMAZON.COM)

4. Human brain changes during learning

5. Change is neuron branching Leads to new contacts

6. Synapse change-increases and decreases

7. Learning by losing-efficiency

8. Intelligence and cortex change

9. WHAT MAKES CHANGE?
USE OR DISUSE
EMOTION

10. The Art—part I USE WIDESPREAD AREAS OF CORTEX

11. The three functions of cerebral cortex
Sensing Integrating Action

12. Two kinds of integration
Back brain: integrate information and data to produce complete pictures and facts, and store memories of images, faces, stories, etc—Red dots in green trees = apple orchard
Front brain: integrate back brain information (pictures, memories and facts) by holding them in short term memory in order to create ideas plans, hypotheticals, etc—Ladder under red dots in green trees = predict apple picking

13. Flow of signaling in cortex

15. Confirming the cycle Thorpe, S.J. et al, Science, Toulouse,

16. FOUR PILLARS OF LEARNING
EXPERIENCE-GET INFORMATION
REFLECT-MAKE MEANING
CREATE-PREDICT
ACT-TEST

17. ASK “HOW ARE MY STUDENTS FEELING?”
THE ART-PART II
ASK “HOW ARE MY STUDENTS FEELING?”

20. SCREENING FOR THE NEGATIVE after LeDoux, Emotional Brain

21. AMYGDALA-CORTEX CROSSTALK

22. The joy of learning is as indispensible in study as breathing is in running. -- Simone Weil

23. DOPAMINE PATHS-REWARD IN THE FRONT? (Nolte, J.)

24. REWARD IN MOVEMENT

25. USE EXISTING NEURONAL NETWORKS
THE ART-PART III
USE EXISTING NEURONAL NETWORKS

26. BUILDING ON PRIOR KNOWLEDGE (networks!!)

27. NETWORKS COME FROM EXPERIENCE

28. Knowledge is networks The branching cell-reach for connections

29. Network model Kurt Fischer (skills)

30. WHAT IS THE ART?
1. Use all four major functions of brain 2. Ask “how do my students feel?” Are things moving? 3. Work from existing networks of neurons 4. Balance all these