COD 2011 - G593

Memory Myths: how we truly store and retrieve knowledge

Teachers, Heads, Coordinators of all levels.

1 sessions, start: 24-Feb

Course detail

Year: 2011
Level: General
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Ms. Lucrecia Prat Gay
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Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 24 February 2011 01:30 pm 04:30 pm

Facilitator/s

Lucrecia Prat Gay

A life-long learner who has been teaching for 30 years and coordinating since 1990, she co-founded Río de la Plata Sur and is its Head of English. She holds a Self-Esteem Practioner Degree and has finished her studies in Neurosicoeducación. Lucrecia also studied Brain Based Learning overseas, and has been successfully putting the model into practice for the last ten years. She has spoken at countless conferences and seminars throughout the country and abroad sharing her passion for the brain and the role of emotions in learning and is now an International Teacher Trainer for Oxford University Press. Deeply committed to making a positive and significant difference in her students' lives, she has taught Literature for the IGCSE Exams, is a "retired actress" who worships Shakespeare and a loving mother to Juan and Jazmin.
Teachers, Heads, Coordinators of all levels.
- Introduce the most recent break throughs from brain research related to memory formation.
- Understanding the research and its applications in the classroom.
- Applying the research in lesson planning and assessment.
- What is a memory? How is it formed?
- Looking into three memory myths and the different structures of the brain related to memory formation.
- Robert Dahl’s Info Processing Model: the role of working memory and long term memory.
- Memory strategies to enhance success.
- Power point presentation, theoretical background.
- Workshop: oral discussion,memory games, group work, singing and drawing.
- Recapping.
- The brain's behind it, Alistair Smith (Crown House).
- How your child learns best, Dr. Judy Willis.
- Brain Based Learning. E. Jensen.
- The great memory book, Eric jensen
- Learning and memory,Marilee Spren.ger.
- How the brain learns. D. Sousa.
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