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Susannah LeMarquand – Journal of Dance Education, 2024
In the fall of 2012, the University of Tampa dance program proposed its first dance major. The vision was to build a unique curriculum that would strengthen our approach to teacher training and offer the tools to teach a wide variety of populations. Much of the inspiration for this approach came from our training with Anne Green Gilbert, the…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Brain, Private Colleges, Curriculum Development
McConchie, Liesl; Jensen, Eric – Educational Leadership, 2020
Authors of the newly revised Teaching with the Brain in Mind, Liesl McConchie and Eric Jensen offer whole-brain approaches teachers can take to engage students in new learning and retaining that knowledge.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Learning Processes, Neurosciences
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Holmes, Kimberley – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2019
Neuroscience offers insight into how we learn. Understanding how to leverage neural development pathways is of interest in teaching because the circuits in the brain respond to effective pedagogical practice; therefore, the role of the teacher is critical. Neuroscientific studies (Damasio in The feeling of what happens: body, emotion and the…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Neurosciences, Emotional Response, Teaching Methods
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Hughes, Mathew; Hughes, Paul; Hodgkinson, Ian R. – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
The question of "how we learn" continues to direct scholarly debate, yet undergraduate teaching is typically designed to homogenise the learning environment. This is despite heterogeneous learning outcomes ensuing for students, owing to their different learning styles. Accordingly, we examine the relationship between teaching…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students, Cognitive Style, Brain
Kariuki, Patrick N.; Kent, Holly D. – Online Submission, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine the difference between students' scores in comprehension (English Language Arts) tests when they are led in Brain Gym® activities before class instruction and when they are taught using traditional teaching strategies. The sample for this study consisted of 11 males and 9 females. Data were collected by…
Descriptors: Scores, Language Arts, Comprehension, Teaching Methods
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Peterson, Tim O.; Williams, Joann K. – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2004
Dance is a common metaphor in both the change and leadership literature. However, can dance, a movement art, actually be used to learn about leadership? The answer is yes and this exercise shows you how. Dance as an instructional strategy allows the instructor to tap the cognitive, affective, and conative components of the brain.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Dance Education, Movement Education, Leadership Training
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Danesi, Marcel – Italica, 1987
Reviews research about the brain's hemispheric functions, emphasizing the practical implications and applications of bimodal language learning. Four pedagogical principles (contextualization, visualization, diversification, and personalization) that characterize any integrated approach to language teaching are also discussed. (CB)
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Holistic Approach, Integrated Activities, Italian