NAIS Summit – Neuroscience & the Implications for Learning & Teaching #NAISDeepDive

I am completely honored to have this chance to bring you some notes from the NAIS Summit on the Science of Learning and 21st Century Schools!

Getting Started — NAIS Summit: The Science of Learning & 21st Century Schools

Honored to represent @BullisSchool at @NAISnetwork Summit, hosted @VanderbiltU http://t.co/Z645gvoWTo #NAISDeepDive pic.twitter.com/3HRYibQuH9

— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) May 19, 2015

Our first topic for the day: neuroscience and the implications for learning and teaching, presented by Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and Joanna Christodoulou

We map info, even the most complex cognition, by hooking that knowledge to basic survival mechanisms via Immordino-Yang #NAISDeepDive — Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) May 19, 2015

We Feel, Therefore We Learn: Relevance of Affective & Social Neuroscience to Education ~Immordino-Yang http://t.co/QOZ0yD1ZLt #NAISDeepDive

— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) May 19, 2015

Emotions may be automatic responses to situations… but we need to learn how to “feel” emotions! ~Immordino-Yang #NAISDeepDive — Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) May 19, 2015

To compensate for non-intrinsic emotions for ss to learn we slap on “rewards” like grades or say you need it for college x,y,z #NAISDeepDive

— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) May 19, 2015

Reading difficulties rooted in diff brain networks than typical readers; brain imaging can help predict via @Joanna22c #NAISDeepDive — Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) May 19, 2015