Course duration: 2 Hours
Australian Professional Standards for Teachers Addressed: 6.3.2
Target Audience: Pre K-12
Practical Applications of Affective Neuroscience to the Classroom (CBHSL) will contribute 2 hours of QTC Registered PD addressing 6.3.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.
This workshop builds on a recent presentation focussing on research from Immordino-Yang and Damasio’s 2007 paper “We Feel therefore We Learn – The Relevance of Affective and Social Neuroscience to Education “.
In this interactive workshop, teachers will develop practical applications of this research to their own classroom teaching. The focus of the workshop will be in how to take the research and translate it for use in the classroom. Teachers will apply the research on affective neuroscience and the classroom to a unit of work or a lesson of interest to them currently, with the aim to then return to class and implement with their students.
The workshop will also address the feedback raised in the Session held on April 26 from participants: How to address the complexity of figuring out how to be aware of emotional needs of students with limited information about the personal issues students go through whilst needing to complete academic requirements?
The practical focus of the workshop will be in using what we know from affective neuroscience research to learn how to “design and tell a story” within the context of each teacher’s subject area that ultimately inspires students to learn, to live and to love. Teachers may work in KLA groups or individually if they wish, for this activity. Cross-curricula resources will be provided.
Following the workshop, ongoing feedback, questions and discussion with IDEALearning discussion board moderators is welcomed via our online discussion boards as teachers deliver their lessons with their students and share their experiences with colleagues and moderators.
QTC Registration is awarded for completing the online components of this course. Specifically to address standard descriptor 6.3.2 through contributing to collegial discussions and applying constructive feedback from colleagues to improve professional knowledge and practice over a period of 12 months from 05/12/2016 – 05/12/2016.