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Together….

• Evolution of teaching (defined?)• Modern frameworks of the learning brain

teaching

BREAK

• Explore teaching through teaching brain framework• Redefining teacher development

BREAK

• 5 awarenesses of Teaching Brain

Reflect

• What is teaching?

• Your favorite teaching experience as either a student or a teacher.

What is teaching?

What is Learning?

Behaviorist Learning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhqumfpxuzI

Behaviorist Teaching

1. A cooperative donor-receiver behavior

2. Teaching is a selfless act

3. The interaction allows a student to learn efficiently.

Behaviorist Teaching

In Policy Making

http://www.teach-kids-attitude-1st.com/educational-reform.html

Waiting for Superman

http://www.teach-kids-attitude-1st.com/educational-reform.html

http://www.teach-kids-attitude-1st.com/educational-reform.html

Behaviorist Teaching

In K-12 Classrooms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a358EfuX6co&list=PLw4epKOdZUfbwTtDJydl

0tGV9PkEYZFio&index=1

Behaviorist Teaching

In Professional Teacher Development Classes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAy3vJn4pbs

Behaviorist Teaching

In Main Stream Media

“Building a better girlfriend”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt4N9GSBoMI

Cognitivist Learning

Zone of Proximal Developmenthttps://sites.google.com/site/onlinecoursesportfolio/activate-student-learning

Cognitivist Learning

• Work in groups and consider how a cognitivist (or constructivist) would define learning.

• Share your answer with the whole class and describe how you came about it.

Cognitivist Teaching

Cognitivist Teaching

• Work in groups and consider how a cognitivist (or constructivist) would define teaching.

• Share your answer with the whole class and describe how you came about it.

Brain Based Learning

Neo-Piagetian: Dynamic Skills Theory

Brain Based Learning

Brain Based Learning

Brain Based Learning

Fischer, K. W., & Rose, L. T. (2001). Webs of skill: How students learn.

Educational Leadership, 59(3), 6-12.

Brain Based Teaching

Rodriguez, V. & Fitzpatrick, M. (2014). The Teaching Brain: An

Evolutionary Trait at the Heart of Education.

What is teaching?

What is teaching?

Dweck: Mindset Grant Wiggins

Understanding by Design, UBD

UDL Caulkins: TC’s reading

and writing project A.U.S.S.I.E Balanced

literacy Chart paper do’s/don’ts, Japanese lesson study

BREAK!

What is teaching?

Age/Phase of Teacher Type of Teaching1 year old

Proto-teaching

3 years old

Demonstration

5 years old

Explanation

7 years old

Contingent Teaching

9-11 years old

Strategic Advice & Choice

Adult

Mental Model

Expert

Teacher Master Systems Thinker

Behaviorism

Constructivism

Rodriguez, V. & Fitzpatrick, M. (2014). The Teaching Brain: An Evolutionary Trait at the Heart of Education.

Teaching as Interaction

Rodriguez, V. & Fitzpatrick, M. (2014). The Teaching Brain: An Evolutionary Trait at the Heart of Education.

Spinal Cord Processing

Reflexive teaching response

Rodriguez, V. & Fitzpatrick, M. (2014). The Teaching Brain: An Evolutionary Trait at the Heart of Education.

Teaching Brain Processing

Student-centered teaching response

Rodriguez, V. & Fitzpatrick, M. (2014). The Teaching Brain: An Evolutionary Trait at the Heart of Education.

Five Awarenesses of the Teaching Brain

Rodriguez, V. & Fitzpatrick, M. (2014). The Teaching Brain: An Evolutionary Trait at the Heart of Education.

Expert Teaching Brain ProcessingToLB teaching response

Rodriguez, V. & Fitzpatrick, M. (2014). The Teaching Brain: An Evolutionary Trait at the Heart of Education.

Expert Teaching Brain Response

Rodriguez, V. & Fitzpatrick, M. (2014). The Teaching Brain: An Evolutionary Trait at the Heart of Education.

Teaching towards Synchrony pgs. 132-133

Cognition and Emotion

www.casel.org/social-and-emotional-learning/

Rodriguez, V. & Fitzpatrick, M. (2014). The Teaching Brain: An Evolutionary Trait at the Heart of Education.

Teacher Development????

What is Teaching?

Teacher Development

Age/Phase of Teacher Type of Teaching1 year old

Proto-teaching

3 years old

Demonstration

5 years old

Explanation

7 years old

Contingent Teaching

9-11 years old

Strategic Advice & Choice

Adult

Mental Model

Expert

Teacher Master Systems Thinker

Behaviorism

Constructivism

5 Awarenesses

Rodriguez, V. & Fitzpatrick, M. (2014). The Teaching Brain: An Evolutionary Trait at the Heart of Education.

SOCIAL! Cognitive Development

Teacher Development!

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Expert Teachers Awarenesses

InteractionTeaching Practice

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Representations

Abstractions

Principles

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BREAK!!!

• Please come see me with any questions.

• When you return get into random small groups. Sit with 5 people that you don’t know well!

5 Awarenesses of the Teaching Brain

Jigsaw Groups

• What are the key features for each teaching awareness?

– Examples from text & personal experience– Key words to listen and look for to identify awareness

Please reach out!!

Vanessa Rodriguez

Former Instructor of Education

Advanced Doctoral Candidate

Harvard Graduate School of Education

vanessa_rodriguez@mail.harvard.edu

www.teachingbrain.org

@teachingbrain