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School of Education
Explorations in Mind, Brain, and Teaching
ED.887.615
Homewood Campus
Instructor:
Asst. Instructors:
Luke Rinne
410-516-8225
lrinne@jhu.edu
Emma Gregory
410-516-8225
Credit Hours:
30
Class Time:
Course Description: During the past decade the cognitive and neurological
sciences have produced a vast frontier of knowledge on how the brain
processes, stores, and retrieves information. Educators have increasingly
recognized a role as consumers of this emerging knowledge. Participants in
the course will review this research, examining how it intersects with the
correlates of research-based effective teaching and the teaching of the arts
across content areas. Topics of study will include the brains memory
systems, the impact of emotions on learning, the processes involved in
higher order thinking and learning, and issues related to child development.
Participants will apply course studies to the creation of learning units that
emphasize application of knowledge and the integration of the arts.
Course Objectives:
Students will demonstrate their understanding for each the following topics:
1. The ABCs of Brain Anatomy/ How the Human Brain Processes
Information
Identify brain organization and structure
Superior
8-10
8-10
4-5
Superior
8-10
8-10
8-10
Superior
1-5
Proficien
t
6-10
1-3
4-7
8-10
2-3
4-5
11-15
Late Assignments:
It is expected that assignments will be turned in on the due dates. Late
assignments will be subject to grade reductions. Extenuating circumstances
should be discussed with the instructor.
Resubmitted Assignments:
Students may resubmit assignments with a grade of B or lower.
Resubmissions may earn up to half the point differential between the original
grade and the value of the assignment, and should be turned in within one
week after the graded assignment is received by the student.
Grading Scale
A
= 94% and above
A= 90-93%
B+ = 87-89%
B
= 84-86%
B= 80-83%
C+ = 77-79%
C
= 74-76%
C= 70-73%
F
= below 70%
The grades of D+, D, and D- are not awarded at the graduate level.
Attendance Policy: Students are expected to attend all classes punctually
and participate fully in all in-class group activities and assignments.
Contact the instructor about emergency situations or other attendance
related issues as soon as they arise, before scheduled class sessions.
Unexplained lateness/absence may lead to penalties in the final course
grade.
Course Outline
Date
Topic
Introductio
n to Mind,
Brain, and
Teaching
7/6
Activities
1. Introduction dyads
2. Review of course syllabus
3. Building a Circuit-Diagram for the Brain: Video clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kRrarRR2kk
4. Power Point Presentation Part 1: Introduction to the BrainTargeted Teaching Model
5. Introduction to Electronic Learning Community (ELC)
6. Formation of teams and assignment of Posner & Rothbart
chapters
Due Dates
Introductio
n to BrainTargeted
Teaching
1.
2.
3.
4.
Hardiman, Ch. 4
7/8
BT 1:
Emotional
Climate
BT 2:
Hardiman, Ch. 5
7/9
Physical
Environme
nt
7/7
5
7/12
BT 3:
Learning
Design
Hardiman, Ch. 13
Hardiman, The
Creative-Artistic
Brain
Posner &
Rothbart, Ch. 1
Posner &
Rothbart, Ch. 2
Hardiman, Ch. 6
Posner &
Rothbart, Ch. 3
6
7/13
7
7/14
8
7/15
BT 4:
Teaching
for
Mastery
Hardiman, Ch. 7
BT 5:
Teaching
for
Application
Hardiman, Ch. 8
BT 6:
Evaluating
Learning
Hardiman, Ch. 9
9
7/16
Course
Conclusion
Posner &
Rothbart, Ch. 4
Posner &
Rothbart, Ch. 5
Posner &
Rothbart, Ch. 6
Research
Connection
Paper Due
Learning Units
Due
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