Principles and Tenets in Mind, Brain, and Education Science

Principles and Tenets in Mind, Brain, and Education Science by Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa, Ph.D. She is professor at Harvard University Extension School and co-founder of Conexiones The Learning Sciences Platform.
AGENDA
Principles:
1.Uniqueness
2.Different potentials
3.Prior experience
4.Constant changes in brain
5.Plasticity
6.Memory + Attention = Learning
Tenets:
1.Motivation
2.Emotions and Cognition
3.Stress
4.Anxiety
5.Depression
6.Challenge and Threat
7.Facial Expressions
8.Tones of Voices
9.Learning is Social
10.Attention
11.Most learning is not linear
12.Conscious and Unconscious
13.Learning is development as well as experiential
14.Learning engages the entire physiology
15.Sleep and dreaming
16.Nutrition
17.Physical Activity
18.Use it or lose it
19.Feedback
20.Relevant and meaningful contexts
21.Novelty (and patterns)
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