Neurodidactics - brain-friendly teaching Neurodidactics / Neuroscience

What it is?

• -  Neuropedagogy / neuroscience - teaching which uses natural cognitive processes and the functioning of the brain.

• -  It uses techniques involving the senses, movement, intrinsic motivation, properties of the human mind

  What knowledge does neuroscience use?

  Knowledge of multidirectional learning, using:

  Pathways of information:

• -  Semantic

• -  Episodic

• -  Procedural

• -  Reflective

  Knowledge of how the nervous system "simplifies" with age.

  In fact, it can be said that the nervous system of newborns resembles a bit of a quantum state, in which everything is possible for a while. Their system does not engage with any specific reality until it is "tested" with specific experiences.With age, many synapses are then literally "pruned". The brain decides to take this step and unscrupulously eliminates a good portion of neuronal connections. A snip, and it is over. However, over the cut synapses there is no use crying, it is a completely natural thing. It's really a clever way to get rid of those connections that are no longer needed. This way, in a sense, the brain keeps "at good health" those functions and skills that are already acquired and can function better and more efficiently as we age. It's a bit like the roads in the forest. Those that are frequently used remain in good shape. Those that are not popular, on the other hand, gradually become overgrown and cut off from traffic routes. In a word, "use it or abandon it." - the standard principle that the brain follows in optimizing its synapses.

  Knowledge of neurons.

• -  There are about 100 billion of neurons in the human brain; that's as many as there are stars in the average galaxy

• -  Each neuron can either be stimulated or not

• -  The number of possible combinations of these excitations or states of your brain is 1 with a

  million zeros ( for comparison, the estimated number of atoms in the universe is 1 with 80

  zeros

• -  1 neuron has up to 10,000 synaptic connections

  Knowledge about synapses.

• -  Synapse - a small space between neurons, is the site of neurotransmitter secretion.

• -  Microscopic connection - the space between nerve cells with a diameter of 20-40

  nanometers.

• -  When one neuron wants to communicate with another, it emits vesicles containing

  neurotransmitters into the synapse.

• -  The synapse plays a key role in communication between neurons.

Knowledge of the learning process and activity of the three parts of the brain:The cerebral cortex is responsible for:Problem solving, distinguishing relationships, determining patterns of meaning, and the thinking process.

The limbic system is responsible for:

Emotions, behavioral functions, long-term memory, immune system, need for sleep and food, sex drive.

The cerebellum with the brainstem is responsible for:

Survival (violent reactions),

Knowledge of the biological effects of stress and its impact on the learning process.

• -  Stress takes away 30% of the energy needed for learning.

• -  Then you get stressed because you got stressed out

• -  Secondary stress occurs, and another 30% of the energy is not yours....

  Knowledge of mirror neurons.

  "An effective learning process is only possible when students establish a positive relationship with the teacher and feel important to him."

  The discovery of mirror neurons in 1881 is considered one of the most important achievements in neuroscience and psychiatry. They are largely responsible for learning processes in the brain. These neurons induce in our brains identical reactions/movements to those that would activate if the observed activity was performed by the person himself. Therefore, an internal "copy" of the watched action is created, as if the person was the doer of the action, not the observer. These neurons cause children to imitate the actions of those around them, the way they react in different situations or move. These reactions in the brain occur independently of us, unconsciously and involuntarily. This is how children learn empathy, intuition, non-verbal communication or compassion.

  Knowledge of methods to activate creative and imaginative thinking.

  Analytical thinking ( convergent, unidirectional), is mental operations performed in problematic situations that have one solution, one correct answer, e.g., test of information, mathematical tasks.

  Creative thinking ( divergent multidirectional), is problem solving with multiple possible answers, e.g.: writing a story, a poem, painting a picture, designing a device.

  Knowledge of mnemonics:

• ●  hanger method

• ●  Loci room

• ●  chain method of memorization

• ●  substitute word method

• ●  acronyms

  The above knowledge and practicing of the information contained in the training I conduct (according to Kolb's cycle) is the basis for success in teaching. The techniques that are used do not work because "Our children are taught the way our great-grandparents were taught". - claims Dr. Marzena Żylińska.

  It is high time to change this. For ourselves, for the children, for greater job satisfaction. Curious? I invite you to a training or an individual meeting.

Agnieszka Łudczak Animo.com.pl