Course duration: 2 Hours
Australian Professional Standards for Teachers Addressed: 4.1.2
Target Audience: Pre K-12
Includes Professional Development Certificate stating hours of completion and standards addressed
Price: $0
The Neuroscience of Individual Differences: How Knowing Your Student Can Change the World will contribute 2 hours of NESA Registered PD addressing 4.1.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.
Please Note: In order receive your Certificate of Completion you will need to complete the Feedback Form and make a comment when requested in the discussion boards within this course.
Certificates are issued within 30 days of submission of the Feedback Form. If you urgently require a certificate sooner than this to meet your accreditation deadline please email connect@340ce1f9fc.nxcli.io and we will do our best to help you.
Course Overview
This is a custom course for teachers employed at Asquith Girls High School.
Teachers will think critically about the common practice of “teaching to the average” and reflect on research by Todd Rose and others from CAST at the Harvard Graduate School of Education involved in Universal Design for Learning (UDL). We will connect this thinking as we then explore Neuroeducation research based around the fascinating paper, “We Feel, Therefore We Learn” by Mary Helen Immordino Yang and Antonio Damasio (2007) from the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California, as a basis to challenge our goals for high expectations (Hattie) in our teaching and learning. At Asquith Girls High School (AGHS) we have the luxury of working with a cohort of predominantly excellent students, compliant learners and confident and kind individuals. Our challenge is to enrich learning for our students well and truly beyond the average, and to inspire them towards a purpose filled and altruistic life where they can shine as confident women who make meaningful contributions and influence their world.
Teachers will be encouraged to apply this research to their own classrooms, and then share their experiences with other teachers using IDEALearning’s online discussion board and through ongoing collegial networking and collaboration.
Course Structure
This course includes:
