Brain Based Learning
Brain Based Learning
For many years science and education have concentrated on learning and the mind, but today’s neuroscientists and educators are seeing learning from a different scope – the brain. From this viewpoint, learning is creating links – by linking the information in which the student has prior knowledge or interest, the student is able to expand upon this and learn something else which he can relate it to. For example, in a history class when discussing Native Americans, a teacher may ask the students relate prior information they have on Native Americans. This can come from personal experiences - like seeing a burial ground, or finding an arrowhead; it can even be a movie the student relates it to. By doing this the teacher is making a personal connection between prior information the student has already attained and processed, and linking it to the information to be discussed in the class (Slavin, 2009) .
Another learning stimulus that creates a learning link would finding something the student is interested in. This can be illustrated in the same scenario – students in the southern states often find Indian relics in their own backyards, piquing their interest in what happened right where they stood hundreds of years ago. By linking the information in which they have a personal interest with the information taught, once again a connection in learning within the brain is created (Watts, 2009).
Importance of Meaningful Learning
Innately the brain seeks to find purpose or meaning in design and patterns, yet refuses to accept the meaningless (Deveci, 2009) . Importance of Meaning Learning is the process of learning through sensory development within the students environment which is personally meaningful and interesting (Houser & Osborne, n.d.). In so doing, we ultimately attach and construct new knowledge through the experiences in which we have already knowledge (Deveci, 2009).
The key points of Meaningful Learning have been
For many years science and education have concentrated on learning and the mind, but today’s neuroscientists and educators are seeing learning from a different scope – the brain. From this viewpoint, learning is creating links – by linking the information in which the student has prior knowledge or interest, the student is able to expand upon this and learn something else which he can relate it to. For example, in a history class when discussing Native Americans, a teacher may ask the students relate prior information they have on Native Americans. This can come from personal experiences - like seeing a burial ground, or finding an arrowhead; it can even be a movie the student relates it to. By doing this the teacher is making a personal connection between prior information the student has already attained and processed, and linking it to the information to be discussed in the class (Slavin, 2009) .
Another learning stimulus that creates a learning link would finding something the student is interested in. This can be illustrated in the same scenario – students in the southern states often find Indian relics in their own backyards, piquing their interest in what happened right where they stood hundreds of years ago. By linking the information in which they have a personal interest with the information taught, once again a connection in learning within the brain is created (Watts, 2009).
Importance of Meaningful Learning
Innately the brain seeks to find purpose or meaning in design and patterns, yet refuses to accept the meaningless (Deveci, 2009) . Importance of Meaning Learning is the process of learning through sensory development within the students environment which is personally meaningful and interesting (Houser & Osborne, n.d.). In so doing, we ultimately attach and construct new knowledge through the experiences in which we have already knowledge (Deveci, 2009).
The key points of Meaningful Learning have been
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