Meet your amazing brain ...

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Meet your amazing brain ...
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Brain Basics

• Has too many cells to count- about a trillion.
• Can grow 20,000 branches for interconnection
  between cells.
• Functions like a chemical jungle- is very
  flexible.
• 3 distinct brains in one instinctive, emotional
  and reasoning.
• Has 2 sides that work in harmony.
• Has many different intelligence centres.
• Operates on at least 4 different wavelengths.
• Has a strong emotional component.
• Is amazingly resilient and forgiving - makes new
  connections.

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The Triune Brain

• The Reptilian Brain- instinctive and automatic
  functions
• Limbic System- emotions, sexuality, key role in
  memory.
• Neo-cortex-thinking, seeing, hearing and creating.

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Reptilian Brain

• Likes to have its own territory- peg, draw, space
  etc
• Needs physical comfort- warmth, absence of
  hunger.
• Needs to belong and enjoys rituals which confirm
  identity-routines, clear procedures etc
• Likes to feel safe physically and emotionally-
  reducing anxiety enhances learning.
• Fight or flight and flocking behaviours.
• Monitors motor functions.
• Rote behaviours.

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The Limbic System

• Runs emotions- the more emotion attached to an
  experience the more memorable it becomes.
• Feeling that something is right is the commonest
  way of validating our learning.
• Positive emotional states are crucial to
  learning.
• Hub of long-term memory.
• Filters information in and out.
• Governs sense of value and identity- WIIfm, CITV
• Values knowledge and understanding.

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The Cerebral Cortex

• Divided into left and right hemispheres.
• Connected via corpus callosum.
• Discerns relationships and patterns of meaning.
• Creates personal metaphors or models for
  learning.
• Searches for novelty.
• Looks for relevance in learning.
• Needs plenty of stimulation.
• Requires feedback.
• Operates on conscious and unconscious level.
• Works in short bursts of concentration.

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The two sides to the brain

• Structured, sequential material and tasks
• Moving from parts to whole
• Explicit instructions
• Written information
• Working in a linear way,checking work.

• Open ended tasks
• Going from the big picture to the parts
• Self-selected tasks.
• Working from intuition, guesses, hunches.

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Visual learning from pictures
Kinesthetic moving touching doing
Learning styles VAK
Auditory sounds and music
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