Brain Learning Log

What? This was a very interesting week in the classroom. I learned a lot about the brain and how it works. I also learned about what happens when certain parts of the brain get damaged. It was very interesting to realize how everything works and how different parts of the brain are for different things. It is so cool how all of the different parts work together to make us work and think properly. If one little thing goes wrong or gets hit or bumped in the wrong way things won’t work the way it is supposed to.
In the chapter it talked more about the brain and how it works. It then went into how people learn and talk through tasks. It also talked about Piaget’s and Vygotsjy’s theories of cognitive development.

So What? I think this topic is very important. We learned all about the brain and how it works. It talked about how people learn which will help us know how to teach. I think it is important to know the different stages of learning so we will know what we are dealing with. Sometimes we will have students that are more or less advanced than the “norm”. It will be important for us to know how they learn as well so we are able to help all students.

Now What? I will use this to help me write my lesson plans to help the students learn the best way they can. If something in my teaching isn’t working I will need to adapt it for them not adapt them for my teaching. It is my job to help them learn and this knowledge about learning and the brain will help me teach them. I think it would be beneficial for me to try to create lesson plans that would help the students to learn the best. Then have someone look at them with me and show me what things could be changed to make my teaching styles better.