
Neuroteach Global Track 1
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Course
Level
Foundational
Format
Online
Duration
8 hours
Description
The three Neuroteach Global micro-courses included in Track are Teachers as Brain Changers, Classroom Culture, and Classroom Design. By completing these three micro-courses, learners are prepared to:
• Embrace the concept of neuroplasticity, and that all educators are brain changers
• Recognize ‘neuromyths’ that may appear in your teaching practice and address them
• Identify any implicit biases based on race, gender, or other identifiers that may be affecting your teaching practices
• Understand the impact the classroom environment has on working memory and attention
• Design a classroom that facilitates and tells the story of the learning that happens there, and reflects the students’ voice
• Understand how to create more space for students to visually show their thinking
• Describe the relationship between emotion and cognition Strategically implement the use of positive emotion in the learning environment
• Understand that social belonging and academic belonging are different and manage both for students
• Depersonalize and normalize struggle, so students can see their successes and challenges as separate from stereotypes