As a teacher, it’s extremely helpful to have an understanding of the brain and how it works. While I spend a lot of my time reading blogs and books about how to teach reading and writing, I have neglected to spend much time reading about the brain. So, to combat that, I’ve found a couple of websites that are great resources for learning more about the brain.
One of my favorite resources is an on-line magazine called Education Week. While this site is not based completely on the brain, it does include a huge amount of articles, and there are a good number of them that do center around the brain, learning, information processing, and problem solving. One recent article was “Growth Mindset Gaining Traction as School Improvement Strategy”. Another article, published just this week was “Brains and Schools: A Mismatch”. While you do have to register for the site in order to get access to all the articles, registration is free. In addition to articles, Education Week also has webinars and videos.
Another resources is the “The Brain and Learning” community on edWeb.net. The community has multiple resources for its members, including webinars, a blog, discussion forums and a resource library. Some recent webinars were “5 Myths About Learning: What Neuroscience Tells Us”, “The Impact of Technology on Our Brains”, and “Designing Learning Environments Based on How We Learn”. If you can’t attend one of the site’s webinars in real time, they are all accessible afterwards in the archives.
Both of these sites allow you to sign up for a weekly e-mail digest, so that you can see what articles, webinars and blog posts were published during the week. They are both fabulous resources for anyone interested in learning more about the brain and the things that we need to know about it in order to be better educators.
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