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Learning to Learn
The Menu for today
The Brain Being multisensory Avoiding stress Seeing the big picture Organising learning Making links Revision Tips
What is brain-based learning?
All Learning takes place in the brain.
Everyone learns in a different way.
Accelerated learning is about knowing how the brain is constructed and how to be a successful learner.
In the Days of the Caveman
What would he have to think about?
What would he have to learn?
What would he be afraid of?
The Functions of the Brain
The Reptilian Brain• Making sure you survive
• Breathing and making your arms and legs move
• Protecting your territory
• Knowing how to get a mate.
• Knowing who the boss is.
• The things you do without thinking about them
The Functions of the Brain
The Limbic System• Helping us get well when
we’re ill
• Eating and sleeping patterns
• Knowing what to do when you’ve got a mate.
• Understanding what is right and what is wrong.
• Routing information to where it is needed
• Controlling emotions
• Retaining information in long term memory
The Functions of the Brain
The Cerebral Cortex
• Relaying messages from right and left brain.
• Problem solving
• Understanding how to get on with people.
• Working out what things mean and making the connections with your own experiences.
This part of the brain has evolved most recently. It is divided into two halves and is situated on top of the limbic system. It is responsible for:
The more of your brain you use………
the more you remember!
A Brain Teaser
2 men and 2 boys need to cross a river
Their boat will only take 1 man or 2 boys at a time
How do they all get across?
How did you work it out?
Verbal SymbolsPictorial
Two boys across +2b
One boy back -1b
One man across +1m
One boy back -1b
Two boys across +2b
One boy back -1b
One man across +1m
One boy back -1b
Two boys across +2b
Some learners like to physically act out the problem
Breakstate
Double Doodle
Learning through the Multiple Intelligences
Reading, poetry, writing
Maths, puzzles, well-organised
Thinks in pictures, maps and charts, uses movement to help learning
Independent, Knowing what you believe in, strong sense of fairness
Good timing, likes to act, dance and touch, good control of objects
Sensitive to mood & emotion, rhythm and melody
Sorts out arguments, good communicator
Notices and is interested in nature, environmentally friendly
LINGUISTIC
MATHEMATICAL &LOGICAL
INTRAPERSONAL
KINESTHETIC
INTERPERSONAL
MUSICAL
VISUAL & SPATIAL
NATURALIST
Learning through the sensesA visual learner likes to use
pictures to work things out and remember things.
An auditory learner likes to listen and discuss things with others.
A kinaesthetic learner likes to move things, act things out to work out and remember things.
visual
auditory
kinaestheticEverybody uses all their senses but most
people have one sense that is more effective when we have to learn something new.
Songs
Making up songs about what we have learnt stores
it in the long term memory.
Surprise and fun keep the brain engaged.
Review & Recall
Review and recall can mean sharing what you have remembered. It is important to be able to review what you have learnt regularly. Explaining it to someone else helps to store the learning for easy recall.
We are all learners and we can choose
whether we learn or not!
Water – essential for the brain!
Moistens the brain
Makes you think more quickly
Stops dry mouth, poor breathing,
chapped lips
Get in the mood for learning
Stress is no good!
BreakstateWould you like a piece of cake sir?
No SirWhy Sir?
Because I’ve got a cold SirWhere did you get the cold Sir?
From the North Pole SirWhat were you doing there Sir?
Catching polar bears SirHow many did you catch Sir?1 Sir, 2 Sir, 3 Sir, 4 Sir
What happened to the 5th Sir?It caught me Sir!
Make mistakes
Important for success! Say, “I can” “How will I do it next time?”
Memory techniques Mind maps
– Creating ideas– Organising ideas– Memorising information
The peg system & learning journeys– see next slide
Memory games to improve short term memory– Available from the project
Visual Associations– I hear with my ear
Ask a child to explain their mind map
Friend – we should never fri a friend on Friday because
a friend will be there in the end. And Friday is the end of the
week
The Peg System
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
How much do you forget?
Add bottle emptying
Associations
You should never fri a friend on Friday because a friend will be there in the end
Lead - Pb – I ‘led’ in the race and I achieved my personal best
The heart is like a pump white cells = soldiers fighting the enemy
PLANTS
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FLOWERS
GRO
WTH
FERTIL
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GERMINATION
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Ways to revise Make a poster summarising the main points being as creative as possible
Tape your summary and listen to it
Describe what you know to a friend
Regularly look at a mind map Revision cards with pictures and/or words
You have covered………..
The Brain Being multisensory Avoiding stress Seeing the big picture Organising learning Making links Revision Tips
How do I learn best?Now that you know what type of
learner you are…….
What are you going to do about it?
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