Dr G Balasubramanain

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G.BALASUBRAMANIAN

20TH DEC 2010

NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF SAHODAYA COMPLEXES,BENGALURU

Brain BasedLearning andCCE(My apologies for a

(mis) adventure!!)


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UCLAS BRAIN

RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Throughout our lives we use just a fraction of

our brains thinking ability. We could withoutany difficulty whatever learn 40 languages,memorize a set of encyclopedias from A to Z

and complete the required courses of dozens of

colleges.

Pl note, curriculum

load is no issue. It

is the

psychological load

that matters

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WHAT DID MY BRAIN ADVISE ME? (LESSON NO 2)

Challenge is my

food.. Give me

a challenging

task

Through CCE

provide a

challenging

environment

to the brain.

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HOW DO I FACE THE CHALLENGE?

You dont

overcome

challenges bymaking them

smaller. Youovercome them

by making

yourselves bigger.

Have you grown

bigger than CCE?

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Schools need to innovate

and enlarge their

performance domains

instead of repeating what

the board does


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WHEN IS LEARNING MAXIMAL?

Positive stressactivateslearning

Fear disableslearning.

Therefore high

stress and lowthreat are goodconditions forrelaxed learning.

Every teacher

gives me a

project. Howdo I cope?

Whataerobics is

to the

body,

problem

solving is

to the mind

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VINCENZO MALACARNE (18TH

CENTURY)

He trained a group of birds todo complex tricks, killed themall and dissected their brain

to observe.

He found that these birdshad more extensive foldingpatterns in specific regions ofthe brain than the untrainedbirds.

Challenges

help in the

healthy

development of

the brain

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CHARLES DARWIN

Charles Darwin notedsimilar differencesbetween the brains of thewild animals and theirdomestic counterparts Thebrains of the wild animalswere 15 to 30% larger thanthe tame domesticcounterparts.

These indicated the brain

wiring were different as theexperiences forced theanimals in the constantlearning modeExperiences empower

neural network

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ARE YOU GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE

SAME THING? ASKED A PRINCIPAL!!!

(LESSON NO 3)

I am a

natural

innovator

Give everylearner an

opportunity

for

innovating

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I AM AN INNOVATOR BECAUSE I

THINK

Thinking is a process of

re-engineering of the

existing neural network.

You may be a creative

thinker or critical thinker

You may be an adaptoror innovator. Believe me,

every one thinks

How will you

answer the

question: Is

there a separate

syllabus and textbook for thinking

skills?

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HOW WOULD YOU HELP ME TO LEARN

BETTER? (LESSON -4)

Give me rich

and

stimulating

environment.

Formative

testing yieldsitself to a

variety of

opportunities

for rich and

stimulating

learning

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WHAT IS A RICH AND STIMULATING

ENVIRONMENT?

When you provokethe curiosity

When you facilitateextendedlearning.

When you facilitateexperientiallearning ..

Rich and

stimulating

environment help in

improving the

quality of learning

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IS THERE A GUARANTEE THAT EVERYONE

WOULD LEARN IN A RICH AND

STIMULATING ENVIRONMENT?

Create a buffet of

learningexperiences

Recognize theindividualdifferences

Encourage peerlearning and teameffort

In an open

environment every

one constructs his or

her own learning

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DO YOU NEED A TEACHER TO LEARN?

(LESSON -5)Yes. But they are

only my

facilitators. They

dont cause

learning. 90% of

my Learning is

non-conscious

Formative testing

offers unlimited

opportunities for

testing non-

conscious

learning

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BRAIN LEARNS MORE THROUGH

SENSORY INTEGRATION

All five

senses teach

me !!(sixth sense is

my personal choice!!)

Co-curricular and

extra curricularactivities

empower

learning through

sensory

integration

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DO YOU LEARN THE SAME WAY LIKE

YOUR FRIEND? (LESSON -6)

Sorry! My Learning

is unique. I form

my own learning

pathways

Find the

strength andcompetency of

each learner,

Do not evaluate

everyone with

the same tool.

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WHERE DOES THE DIFFERENCE

COME FROM?

The biological organs remain the sameway, the tissues are the same and thenerves work in a similar fashion.

It is when you get to the smaller routes the brains equivalent of residential

streets, one-lanes dirt roads- theindividual patterns begin to show up

Every brain has a lot of these smallerpaths, and to no two people they areidentical

Mam, My CLA is

some where else

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WE NURTURE SEVERAL

INTELLIGENCES

Sir, Please tell

me which of my

10 intelligences

you want to test?

CCE helps in

identifying and

nurturing multiple

intelligences

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CAN YOU RE-ENGINEER YOUR LEARNING?

(LESSON -7)Yes .I can. Have you

heard of Neuro-

Plasticity or

cognitive plasticity?

Researches in

neuro-plasticity

indicate the

possibility of

cognitive shifts and

hence enabling

learning in

differentiated

routes

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WHAT HAPPENS DURING LEARNING?

(KANDEL NOBEL PRIZE 2000)

He observed that when peoplelearn something the wiring inthe brain changes

He demonstrated thatacquiring even simpleinformation involves physicalalteration of the structure ofthe neurons participating inthe process

Thus there is a continuousfunctional organization andreorganization of the brain.

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WHERE IS THE INFORMATION

STORED? The information is literally sliced into

discreet pieces as it enters the brainand splattered all over the brain

It differentiates vertical lines fromdiagonal lines and stores them inseparate areas

If the picture is moving, the pictureand its motion are stored in differentplaces

The place where a vowel should gois stored differently from the vowelitself

Content is stored separately from itscontext/ container

We have no idea how the brainroutinely and effortlessly gives theimpression of stability

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BRAIN IS A PATTERN MAKER (LESSON

7)

Give me

unordered and

chaotic

information. I willset them to order

Stereotypes in

learning leads to

boredom.

Enable an

interactive

classroom forquality learning

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HOW DO I ENCOURAGE LEARNING

THROUGH PATTERN MAKING?

Move towardsintegrated thinking

Encourage inter-disciplinaryapproaches toconcept

development

I am waiting for chemistry

teacher to teach chemical

energy. Physics teacher has

already done the first para

of the topic dealing withmechanical Energy.

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I LEARN BETTER WITH ECS (LESSON -

8)

Can you lend me a

passionate

teacher?

Emotionally

competent

stimuli help in

Long time

potentiation

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CAN YOU CONVERT A CLASSROOM INTO A

THEATRE?

Encourage role-plays

Enable participative

learning Participation enhances

attention andempowers motivation

Focus on cooperative

and interactive

learning than

competitive learning

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BRAIN IS MEANING DRIVEN..(LESSON

9)

Meaning is more important tothe brain than theinformation..

Eg.,,

The husband died and thelady died.

The husband died and insorrow the lady also died.

Wow! There is a world

of difference between

the two.!

Defocus rote

learning and

enable

understanding

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PLEASE EVALUATE ME THEN AND THERE..

(LESSON 10)

One days brainmapping will no

more be valid forthe next day Edwin G.Boring

(HarvardUniversity

Mam, how do you expect

me to answer based on

what you taught last week?

My brain network is different

now.. Have you heard of

CCE?

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HOW DO WE MOVE FURTHER?

CCE is an excellentopportunity to bring lifeand joy to the classroomand enable the brain to

develop in its naturalenvironment. Let us notdeprive our learners theessence of it.

Thanks for

testing me on

what I can do

rather than what

I cant

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hat are the

action points


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STEP: 1 CHANGE THE PARADIGM OF

LEARNING

Move from adaptive learning to generative learning Move from reactive learning to pro-active learning


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STEP 2: RE-ENGINEERING THE

MINDSET FOR CLASSROOM

PEDAGOGY Learn to move away from

right answer syndrome

Offer flexibility andopportunities for extendedlearning

Ask children how they wouldlike to do rather than telling

how they should do Value originality and

differential thinking


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STEP 3 ENABLE EVERY LEARNER TO HAVE

A CLASSROOM OF HIS OR HER OWN..

Enable minds to move from

analytical thinking tocritical thinking and then tointegrated thinking

Understand the emerging

paradigm from evaluationto empowerment


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STEP 4 UNDERSTAND THAT CCE IS NOT A

REPORT CARD

Focus on

effective

formative

assessments

Restructure your

classroompedagogy

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STEP 5 BUILD CONFIDENCE IN THE

SYSTEM AND CONTRIBUTE

How can I build

a Rome I in a

day?

The success of

CCE lies in the

synergy betweenthe schools in

sharing their

learning

experiences

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THANK YOU

Time

up?

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