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Brain-Based Learning: The Neurological Findings About the Human Brain that Every Teacher Should Know to be Effective

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  • Ronald Jean Degen

    (International School of Management Paris)

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The purpose of this paper is to present the main neurological findings about the human brain that provide the basis for brain-based learning, and that represent a narrow field of cognitive science as a whole. The findings that are described were made primarily by neuroscientists who studied the structure and functions of the nervous system with the purpose of correcting abnormalities. Only recently have neuroscientists begun studying the brain-based learning processes of normal students in detail (Fenker, et al., 2008; Jonides, et al., 2008; Kellman, & Massey, 2010; and Swanbrow, 2011). The neurological findings about the human brain were used by researchers such as Hart (1975, 1983), Caine & Caine (1990, 1991), Cain et al. (2009), Jensen (2008), and Medina (2008) to develop brain-based learning strategies that promote learning in accordance with the way the brain is naturally designed to learn.

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  • Ronald Jean Degen, 2011. "Brain-Based Learning: The Neurological Findings About the Human Brain that Every Teacher Should Know to be Effective," Working Papers 77, globADVANTAGE, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria.
    • Handle: RePEc:pil:wpaper:77
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    1. Ronald Jean Degen, 2011. "Review of the current knowledge of brain-/mind-based learning to present the optimum climate for, and the guided experience approach to teaching," Working Papers 73, globADVANTAGE, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria.
    2. Ronald Jean Degen, 2010. "Teaching entrepreneurship students to become knowledge-agents for innovation," Working Papers 64, globADVANTAGE, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria.
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    Keywords

    brain-based learning; learning process; declarative memory; flow; optimal learning; guided-experience learning;
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    • M0 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - General
    • M1 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration

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