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Topic outline

 
  • Time: 15 hours
    Level: Intermediate

 
 

Introduction

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  • This unit examines the subject of brain-based learning, with a particular focus on the development of the young child's brain and is of particular relevance to those who work with young children. We begin...
 

1 Play, Learning and the Brain

 

2 What is brain-based learning and teaching?

 

3 Are there any problems with adopting brain-based approaches to education?

 

4 Play and learning

 

5 Outdoor play and learning

  • 5 Outdoor play and learning Resource
  • Early years practitioners have always argued strongly for children to have the opportunity to play in both indoor and outdoor environments. But currently adult fears appear to be making outdoor play an...
 

6 What next?

  • 6 What next? Resource
  • This unit has introduced you to some of the current understandings about the development of the young child's brain and the implications these have for learning and teaching.
 

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