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MIND, BRAIN AND ELT
Robert S. MurphyUniversity of NottinghamHarvard Graduate School of Education
Course: TESOL 3Language Teaching Professionals
2016 version
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IN THIS COURSE:
The Neuron!
Cutting Edge Neuroscience!
Pecha Kucha: Creating Champion Students
Group work: Explore Creating Champion Students
Thinking Cap time! Design your own activities!
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What does a Neuron look like?
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POP QUIZ #1
• WHAT DOES A NEURON DO?
• HOW MANY DO WE HAVE?
• HOW DO NEURONS COMMUNICATE?
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POP QUIZ #1
• WHAT DOES A NEURON DO?
• HOW MANY DO WE HAVE?
• HOW DO NEURONS COMMUNICATE?
YES/NO relay station
100 Billion!!
send neurotransmitters across the synaptic gap-What is the “synaptic gap”? (next)
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Birth - 6m - JHS
Public Library AssociationQ. What do you notice?
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The Chinese Restaurant
but..., what is memory?
Do you like Chinese food?
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but..., what is memory?
Remember the Chinese Restaurant Story?
(1) What was the word count?
(2) What was the 14th sentence?
(3) Do a search for the adjectives.
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Booklike?
What is Memory?
Computer RAM-like?X XThere is no scientific proof of
memory in the brain!
Metaphors and Myths!
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What do we know?
We have “gist memory”.It must be reconstructed each time we
“recall”.
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Reduce rote memorization.Make the “understanding” visible.
Expect & depend upon reconstruction!Less stress, more practical!
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Hooked on prediction
What is the evolutionary
purpose of “memory”?
prediction of the future!
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Dirty Harry (1971)
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Dirty Harry (1971)
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Tap into the power of PREDICTION! “I gots to know!”
Addictive results, easy to do,natural for the brain
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CREATING CHAMPION STUDENTS!
Robert S. MurphyUniversity of Nottingham
NEUROSCIENCE FOR TEACHERS
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OUR BRAINS ARE NOT COMPUTERS
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MEMORIES ARE NOT REALLY HARD WIRED
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WE DON’T STORE THE DETAILS EITHER...
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WE HAVE GIST MEMORY
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EMOTIONS FUEL LEARNING
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WE LEARN FROM HAVING EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCES
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OUR LIMBIC SYSTEM KEEPS EXCITING NETWORKS ALIVE LONGEST
PTSD
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WE ALSO LEARN QUICKLY ABOUT FOOD
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WE REMEMBER WHAT WE LOVE AND HATE
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WHAT ‘BOUT THE BORING DETAILS IN TEXTBOOKS?
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DOES REPETITION WORK?
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WE NEED TO PROVIDE AN EMOTIONAL PROCESS IN CLASSROOMS!
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WE SHOULD CHALLENGE THEIR CURIOSITY
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EMOTIONS, PROCESS BUILDING, AND “AHA” MOMENTS
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WHAT ELSE IS ESSENTIAL?
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HIPPOCAMPUS (BRAIN’S LIBRARIAN)
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BUT, HOW DO WE KEEP THEM MOTIVATED? (BY CHOICE!)
interesting
boring
boring
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HOW DO WE KEEP THEM MOTIVATED? (EMPOWERMENT)
let studentsteach each other
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HOW TO CREATECHAMPION STUDENTS!
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Thank you!
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INTENSIVE THINKING TIME!
Find a partner!Think together: What do this icons stand for?
RULES:
(textbook time)
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NEUROSCIENCE TALK
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Chaotic
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Functional
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Optimal
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Unity
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Chaotic
Functional
Optimal
Unity
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Explain the importance of ALIGNMENT
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DESIGN TIME!
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