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    Speaker Profile

    Jim Heal

    Professor of Evidence-Informed Education Leadership, Academica University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam; Lecturer and Former Director of Practice at Research Schools International, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Former Director of Impact Academy, Deans for Impact; Leading Advocate for bridging the worlds of research and practice in education; Co-Author, Mental Models: How Understanding the Mind Can Transform the Way You Work and Learn (Forthcoming) and How Teaching Happens: Seminal Works in Teaching and Teacher Effectiveness and What They Mean in Practice (2022)

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    Past Talks

    The Science of Learning
    Using Evidence to Engage Learners, Transform Teaching, Innovate EdTech, and Empower Leaders
    4:10 PM - 5:10 PM ET
    Sheraton NY Times Square Hotel or Virtually via Zoom
    April 25-27, 2025
    The Science of Teaching and Learning
    Promoting Healthy Brains, Active Minds, Memory, Movement, and Well-being for Effective Teaching and Learning
    Imaginative Minds, LD ghj_amp Giftedness
    The Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA or Virtually via Zoom
    November 17-19, 2023
    Teaching Struggling Brains
    Improving Mental Health, Focus, Motivation, and Learning in a Distressed, Digital Generation
    How Poverty ghj_amp Early Experience Affect Learning
    The Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA or Virtually via Zoom
    November 18-20, 2022
    The Science of Knowledge
    Applying Brain Science to Build Student Expertise, Reasoning, Reflection, and Critical Thinking
    The Science of Reading/Math
    Sheraton NY Times Square Hotel, New York, NY or Virtually via Zoom
    April 01-03, 2022