Designing Training Plans and
Lesson Plans
Brain-Based Teaching / Learning
Introduction
“If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe
we should teach the way they learn”.
Introduction
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Background
Motivation
Why Brain-Based Teaching? (1)
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The early teaching
Learners of “changed brains”
“Brain Lady”
Game changers
Breakthrough in learning
Why Brain-Based Teaching?(2)
BBT helps participants:
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Increase the desire
Ignite creativity
Make fewer mistakes
Be more flexible
Enhance confidence
Brain Dichotomy
Left Brain / Right Brain learners
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Physical Characteristics
Mental Processing Features
Classroom with brain difference
Resources of the activities
Web-Based activities and products
Physical Characteristics
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Right shoulder high
Right smile high
Right eye through the telescope
Right foot larger
Right thumb on top on a folded hand
Writes straight with his/her right hand
Writes hooked with his/her left hand
Watches a clock
Likes neatness and order
1.Left shoulder high
2.Left smile high
3.Left eye through the telescope
4.Left foot larger
5.Left thumb on top of the folded hands
6. Writes straight with his/her left hand
7. Writes hooked with his/her right hand
8.Never observes time
9.Is messy
Left Brain / Right Brain Mental
Processing Features
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Linear – Part to whole
Sequential – in sequence
Symbolic – deal with letters, words
Logical - pieces + logical
conclusions
Verbal – easily express in words
Reality based – adjust to the
environment
7. Analytical – one step at a time
8. Non temporal – punctual people
9. Rational – logic and reason behind
a decision
10. Singular – one thing at a time
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1 .Holistic – from whole to parts
2.Random – do much without priority
3.Concrete – to see words in context
4. Intuitive – know right answers by
intuition
5.Nonverbal – trouble finding new
words
6.Fantasy oriented – try to change
reality
7.Synthetic – discover relationship
8.Temporal – little sense of time
9.Non-rational – search of a better way
of doing things
10. Simultaneous Processing – two or
more things at the same time.
Resources for Different Brain
Processors
Speeches
Memos & Letters
Newspaper Headlines &
Articles
Political Party Platforms
Government Decisions
Statistical Data
Literary Works
Historical Timeline
Government Documents
Posters & Broadsides
Songs
Historical Artifacts
Political Cartoons
Photographs
Historical Vignette
Newsreel/Video Clips
Maps
Radio/Audio Recordings
Activities and Products for Different
Brain Processors
Analyze statistical historical data; create Construct thematic web pages that
graphic representations of historical data include various visual images (e.g.,
posters, political cartoons, broadsides,
photos, illustrations)
Create hyperlinked timelines and maps
Write and publish hypertext essays and
papers on the Web; critique written
resources through an annotated
bibliography
Develop content-focused PowerPoint
classroom presentations
Design virtual landscapes, analyze
computer simulated topographic
battlefields, cities, maps, etc.
Analysis of song lyrics, composition of
song lyrics, design and publish online
presentations that incorporate music
and visual elements
Develop multimedia Hyper Studio
classroom presentations
Internet based simulations, cooperative
Design Web-based, interactive games,
web searches, and role playing activities
puzzles and quizzes; develop or complete
that incorporate Web resources,
cognitive Web Quests
classroom presentations
Brain Stimulators
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Music
Brain Gym
Story Telling
Memory Enhancing
Strategies
Brain Stimulators
Music
• Grammar – Mozart, Haydn, Bach, Handel,
Vivaldi
• Imagination exercises (descriptive writing,
speaking) – Ravel, Debussy, Satie
• Current situation, News in the World – Rap,
Ethnic Music
• Making Future Plans – Fun upbeat jazz
• Discussing Serious Issues – Beethoven
Brahms, Mahler
Brain Gym Activities
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Brain Buttons
Cross Crawl
Drinking Water
Hook Ups
Memory Enhancing Strategies
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Storytelling
Humour
Games
Analogy
Metaphor
Movement
Conclusion
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are
small matters compared what lie within us”
Ralf Emerson