Meeting the Needs of the Individual Learner:

Brain-Based Learning (Day 3)

2014 - 2015

Archdiocese of Dubuque Educators

To do for Session 3: Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Temporal Lobe

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With your partner… review, clarify, check your understanding.

How do we know what we know?

What do you recall about each brain

area?

What questions come to mind?

The Brain in the

News

A test of your memory:

What do you remember…?

Why did you remember…?

The Structure of Knowledge

Generalizations Generalizations

Survival

Key information

Brain Structures &

Functions

Information Processing in the brain

Elements of Human

Motivation

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Instructional Practices

Learning Teaching for Understanding

Behavior

Four Basic Psychological Needs…

Love

Power

Freedom

Fun

Our Basic Survival Needs +4 Basic Psych. Needs +

The brain’s built-in mechanism for reward

Survival

The Human Brain

The Reptilian Brain

The Mammalian Brain

The Thinking Brain

The Triune Brain

How the Brain Works

Tan’s Brain

How do we know what we know?

f.M.R.I.Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

http://www.twistedphysics.typepad.comhttp://www.singularityhub.com

The Brain Stem

Controls unconscious functions of the body;Heartbeat, Respiration

The Amygdala

The brain’s “emotional sentry”: Scans all incoming stimuli for emotional significance

Incoming SignalAmygdalaAmygdala

Thalamus Thalamus

Neocortex

The Hippocampus

Aids in the formation of new memories - Transfers information from working memory to long-term memory

H.M.

The Thalamus

The brain’s “relay station”: Scans incoming stimuli & sends it on to the appropriate lobe for processing

The Hypothalamus

The brain’s “thermostat”: Regulates hunger, thirst, blood pressure, body temperature & sex drive

The Corpus Callosum

A massive band of nerve fibers, (200+ million) that connects the two hemispheres, relaying

information between them

The Neocortex

The outer ¼” of the brain’s surface; the “gray matter”; has 6 layers- is compact, yet has much surface area;

it is the “thinking” part of the brain

Brainstem

The basic functional unit of the nervous system;We are born with, and retain throughout our lives,

approximately 100 billion neurons; 30,000 fit on the head of a pin

                                                                                 

 

The Neuron

Every thought that you think…Every action that you take…

Is the result of neurons communicating with each other!

Google Image Source: www.physics.lsa.umich.edu

Has a nucleus which contains DNA, chromosomes, and other genetic material

The Cell Body

The fiber extension from the cell body thatcarries an electrical impulse (action potential);

Most are very short (less than one mm); Others can be up to one meter in length

The Axon

Also called axon “bulbs”; located at ends ofaxon branches; Hold “pockets” that contain

neurotransmitters for dispersal upon stimulation

The Axon Terminals

The fatty, waxy coating that forms around each axon; made of glial cells; protects and insulates the axon; speeds the electrical impulse; Myelination follows a preset developmental pattern- from birth to about age 25 or 30

The Myelin Sheath

Strand-like fibers that extend from the cell body;They contain receptor sites for receiving

neurotransmitters from other neurons; Dendrites grow and branch throughout our lives, depending

upon experience and environment

The Dendrites

Experience changes

the physiology

of the brain!

Learning is the act of making… and

strengthening… connections

between neurons!

It’s time for a quiz!

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Class ScoreSampling…

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24

Between now and March 3, 2015

See: Session 3 (Nov. 19) for assignments

http://13-14archbbl.wikispaces.com/

See you on March 3 (2015)