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Time: 15 hours Level: Intermediate
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Introduction Resource
- 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...
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| | 1 Play, Learning and the Brain
1 Play, Learning and the Brain Resource
- ‘Teaching and learning are an odyssey into the neural architecture of the human brain.’
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| | 2 What is brain-based learning and teaching?
2 What is brain-based learning and teaching? Resource
- Neuroscientists now have more sophisticated ways of examining living brains than was ever possible before. It is now possible to obtain images of the
brain that show activity as it occurs. The importance...
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| | 3 Are there any problems with adopting brain-based approaches to education?
3 Are there any problems with adopting brain-based approaches to education? Resource
- It is apparent that there is a great deal of overlap between what is termed BBE (brain-based education) and what has been considered ‘good’ early years practice (e.g. contextualised learning).
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4 Play and learning Resource
- ‘In play, the child always behaves beyond his average age, above his daily behaviour.
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| | 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...
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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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| | References and Acknowledgements
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