Neuroscience
& Education Seminars
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Format: In-person or online
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Duration: 1h to half a day (depending on requirements)
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Includes: Seminar presentation, notes, resources
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Overview
Seminars are talks or presentations typically tailored to the requirements of the attendees. This format offers a lot of flexibility to ensure a constructive experience that combines a deeper understanding of the topic of interest with actionable insight.
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Key Topics
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Understanding the Teenage Brain - Provides an overview of brain development in adolescence and how it impacts learning, behavior, emotions, and decision-making. Strategies for working with the teenage brain in the school environment.
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Optimizing Learning and Performance - Explores the latest neuroscience research on how the brain changes and adapts through learning. Discover strategies to promote learning, growth, and purposeful improvements among students.
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Understanding Learning Differences - Provides an overview of different learning disabilities/differences. Includes accommodations, tools and teaching strategies to support neurodiverse learners with ADHD, dyslexia, autism, etc.
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Integrating AI Technology - Discusses ways to effectively leverage the latest developments in AI technology for collaboration, personalized learning, assessment, and engaging students. Includes best practices for technology integration.
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Who Should Attend?
Anyone can attend, no prerequisite.
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Why Attend?
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Enhance your understanding of key topics in psychology, neuroscience and education
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Generate actionable insight in your professional and personal lives
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Improve decision-making abilities in uncertain environments.
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Broaden your knowledge of deep, complex issues
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Format
Typically one or a combination of the following:
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Lecture/Talk - Engaging presentation of the topic with practical examples.
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Interactive presentation - Share research/information, includes time for Q&A, discussions, and reflection activities.
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Small-group discussions - After a short presentation, break into small groups to discuss application, share ideas, and problem-solve. Regroup for reflection.
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Case studies - Real-world examples and case studies for analysis and discussion, and to explore solutions and key learning.
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Hands-on activities - Incorporates hands-on learning by having participants collaborate with one another.