What Is Learning?
Students go to school to learn. Teachers take professional development courses to learn. Employees participate in training courses to learn. We learn new languages, computer programming, golf, bridge, social media etiquette and emojis, and how to tie our shoes. But what does it really mean to learn? And how does learning happen in the brain?
In this webinar, we will dig underneath the surface of teaching and learning and explore the most important things teachers, parents and trainers of all kinds need to know about learning in the brain and how to create the most effective learning experiences. Spoiler alert: A teacher or trainer does not take their knowledge and transfer it to the learner. In this webinar, we will discuss what really happens based on sound neuroscience.
- What is learning?
- What conditions support or impede learning?
- What is involved in remembering?
- What are the different types of memory?
- Why all this matters for teachers, parents and trainers.
I like to describe myself as a "recovering" educator, but the truth is that I am more excited than ever about what neuroscience is uncovering about the brain and how we can use that information to enable each individual to reach his or her cognitive potential. I'm here to share what I've been learning over the last ten years and to continue learning from others in this amazing and fast developing field.
