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Register for the Learning & the Brain Conference/Lawrence Academy Summer Institute Cost: $1,975 |
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The
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You will make
connections:
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At
the Institute, you will:
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Content
goals: Four goals
provide the basis for the program:
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Participants inquire deeply into brain, cognitive and emotional development as dynamically intertwined processes; obtain ideas for fostering healthy, enduring development and learning in their students; develop strategies to become researchers in their own schools; and gain ongoing access to a community of educators and scientists working at the intersection of neuroscience and education. |
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Format:
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| Full-time participation and preparation are expected throughout the Institute. The Institute is hands-on. In addition to listening to lectures, participants also collaborate in facilitated discussions and analyses of case studies to develop scientifically grounded approaches for understanding and meeting the diverse cognitive, social and emotional needs of students. A full schedule of class sessions and activities is held each day, amounting to a program total of 22 hours. Additionally, approximately an hour and twenty minutes of preparation is required each evening for the next day. | |
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About
The Institute:
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The Learning & the Brain Conference/Lawrence Academy Summer Institute on learning and the brain helps individuals and school teams develop the knowledge, skills and strategies necessary to responsibly apply neuroscience and cognitive science findings to the classroom to improve teaching and learning. The program offers participants an intensive professional development experience, drawing on the most up-to-date findings in affective and social neuroscience. The Institute emphasizes understanding emotion and social interaction and their roles in learning, motivation, attention and the culture of schools. The Institute will be led by Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and will be assisted by Alden (Denny) Blodget. |
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Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Ed.D. is a cognitive neuroscientist and educational psychologist who studies the brain bases of emotion, social interaction and culture and their implications or development and schools. She is an Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology at the Rossier School of Education and an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the Brain and Creativity Institute, both at the University of Southern California. A former junior high school teacher, she earned her doctorate at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, where she was the recipient of grants from the Spencer Foundation and the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation. She is the Associate Editor for North America for the journal Mind, Brain and Education, and the inaugural recipient of the Award for Transforming Education through Neuroscience, co-sponsored by the International Mind, Brain and Education Society (IMBES) and the Learning and the Brain Conference. She lectures nationally and abroad on the implicatons of brain and cognitive science research for curriculum and pedagogy. Her background as a researcher, teacher, and mother has made her especially interested in the connection between learning and emotion.
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About Alden Blodget
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| Denny
Blodget is director of Sustainable Teaching, offering online
professional development and support to teachers in their first four
years of teaching. He was a teacher and an administrator for
38
years. He taught theatre and English, created and chaired the arts
department at Taft School (Connecticut), chaired the arts department at
Packer Collegiate Institute (New York) and was assistant head of school
for 18 years at Lawrence Academy (Massachusetts). Since 2000,
he
has worked with Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang creating workshops for
teachers to explore the implications of her research for the classroom.
He has written several articles for the Independent School magazine
(National Association of Independent Schools publication) and other
publications, and he continues to write a blog for Sustainable teaching. Denny has spent his life in the educational reform movement and led the transformation of Lawrence Academy's curriculum and teaching methods that resulted in innovations that attracted national attention from other schools. He serves on the Board of Trustees for The Long Trail School in Vermont and is a guardian ad litem for the Family and District Cours of Rutland County (Vermont), representing abused and delinquent children. |
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Professional
Development
Credit:
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| This program provides a total of 22 hours toward professional development credit for various professionals. For types of credit offered, or to find out about additional engaged hours toward professional development credit, call Learning & the Brain Conference at 781-449-4010 ext. 101. | |
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Accommodations:
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Interaction between faculty and participants outside the classroom is an integral part of the Institute. To foster this total immersion learning environment, participants are housed in dormitory accommodations on the Lawrence Academy campus. Participants are assigned a single room with a shared bath. Linens and daily housekeeping are provided. The classrooms, dining hall and overnight accommodations are air-conditioned. A gym and health area are available and are not air-conditioned. All facilities are ADA compliant. |
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The
workshop will be led by Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, a leading
cognitive neuroscientist and educator.