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Neuroscience and Executive Skills: Strategies for Exercutive Functions, Memory and Learning
July 28-August 1, 2014, Santa Barbara, CA |
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| Monday, July 28 | Promoting the Sensory Intake for Memory |
| 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM | Registration |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Working lunch and introductions |
| 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM |
Description of schedule and participant activities for program
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| 1:15 PM - 2:20 PM |
Why know Neuroscience? Exposing neuromyths Increasing demands for strong executive functions What are effective learning practices? |
| 2:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Coffee break |
| 2:35 PM - 4:30 PM |
Executive functions of top-down attention control How to promote and the sustain sensory intake for memory encoding needed for memory construction |
| 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
Best learning experience
Q&A and small group application collaboration
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| 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Networking reception |
| 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Dinner |
| Tuesday, July 29 | The Emotional Conditions that Promote Memory Construction |
| 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM | Small group discussion of assigned readings |
| 8:45 AM - 9:50 AM | Emotional requirements for memory processing |
| 9:50 AM - 10:00 AM | Coffee break |
| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Executive functions for top-down emotional self-control, learning self-mastery and growth mindset |
| 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM | Q&A and application collaboration |
| 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | Lunch |
| Wednesday, July 30 | Memory Construction |
| 8:00 AM - 8:30 PM | Breakfast |
| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM | Small group discussion of assigned readings |
| 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | Encoding short term memory |
| 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM |
Working memory and executive function top-down efficiency |
| 10:15 AM - 10:25 AM | Coffee break |
| 10:25 AM - 12:00 PM | Neuroplasticity: Potential and practices |
| 12:00 PM - 12:10 PM | Q&A and application collaboration |
| 12:10 PM - 12:45 PM | Lunch |
| Thursday, July 31 | Teaching for Understanding: Now and Future |
| 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM | Small group discussion of assigned readings |
| 8:45 AM - 10:15 AM |
Mental manipulation
Building the executive function of reasoning
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| 10:15 AM - 10:25 AM | Coffee break |
| 10:25 AM - 12:00 PM |
Building executive functions of judgment while constructing transferable concept memory
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| 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM | Q&A and small group topic specific collaboration |
| 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | Lunch |
| Friday, August 1 | Strengthening Developing Executive Functions |
| 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM | Small group discussion of assigned readings |
| 8:45 AM - 9:50 AM |
Cognitive flexibility Name my executive function game |
| 9:50 AM - 10:00 AM | Evaluation forms |
| 10:15 AM - 10:25 AM | Coffee break |
| 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM |
Developing executive functions in the prefrontal cortex Executive functions throughout the curriculum |
| 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Future: In Neuroscience and in your goals |
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Please note: Schedule is preliminary and subject to change |
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