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Preliminary Schedule
Tuesday, August 3
Engaging Students from the Start
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| 11:00 AM-
12:00 PM |
Registration
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| 12:00 PM- 1:00 PM |
Working lunch:
Introductions, overview of workshop, purpose and scope |
| 1:00 PM- 2:15 PM |
Using neuroscience
research to reach student attention and sustain their focus |
| 2:15 PM- 2:30 PM |
Coffee Break |
| 2:30 PM- 3:30 PM |
Neuroscience insights
on reducing the impact of stress on learning and memory |
| 3:30 PM- 4:00 PM |
Implications for
learning and school. Participants form groups to begin to apply
institute learning to a unit of instruction |
| 4:00 PM- 5:00 PM |
Free time |
| 5:00 PM- 6:00 PM |
Networking reception |
| 6:00 PM- 7:00 PM |
Dinner and possible
guest lecturer |
Wednesday, August 4
Memory Creation and Preservation
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| 9:00 AM- 10:15 AM |
Use brain
research-based strategies of patterning to turn sensory data into
memory |
| 10:15 AM- 10:30 AM |
Coffee break |
| 10:30 AM- 12:00 PM |
Differentiate
instruction to student’s individual achievable challenge levels
for class management, student motivation, and reaching highest
potentials |
| 12:00 PM- 1:00 PM |
Working lunch:
Participants groups apply new material to their units of instruction |
| 1:00 PM- 2:45 PM |
Only the person who
thinks, learns. Brain research-based instructional strategies to
increase student participation for accurate and increased memory storage |
| 2:45 PM- 3:00 PM |
Coffee Break |
| 3:00 PM- 4:00 PM |
Using advances in
neuroplasticity and neurotransmitter research to promote long-term
memory |
| 4:00 PM- 6:00 PM |
Group projects |
| 6:00 PM- 8:00 PM |
Dinner in the city of
Santa Barbara
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| After Dinner |
Evening free in
downtown Santa Barbara |
Thursday, August 5
The state of the art: Teaching and learning in schools
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| 9:00 AM- 10:15 AM |
Implement strategic
mental manipulation for concept formation and transfer |
| 10:15 AM- 10:30 AM |
Coffee Break |
| 10:30 AM- 12:00 PM |
Promoting
students’ executive functions and goal-development |
| 12:00 PM- 1:00 PM |
Working lunch.
Participant groups apply new material to their units of instruction |
| 1:00 PM- 2:45 PM |
Neuro-logical review,
study, test preparation strategies |
| 2:45 PM- 3:00 PM |
Coffee Break |
| 3:00 PM- 4:00 PM |
Student learning from
assessments that teach and metacognition |
| 4:00 PM- 6:00 PM |
Free time |
| 6:00 PM- 7:00 PM |
Dinner |
| After Dinner |
Group projects
– Participant groups prepare presentations on their unit
instruction plans
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Friday,
August 6
Presentations and in-depth reflection
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| 9:00 AM- 10:15 AM |
Participant
presentations and feedback |
| 10:15 AM- 10:30 AM |
Coffee Break |
| 10:30 AM- 11:30 AM |
Participants and
instructors work to construct a set of summarizing principles for what
was learned and accomplished during the institute. What implementations
or changes will you take back from the new information generated about
the intersection of neuroscience and education? |
| 11:30 AM- 12:00 PM |
Personal and
professional learning community extension suggestions and opportunities
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