The Art of Changing the Brain: Enriching the Practice of Teaching by Exploring the Biology of Learning

Abstract

Teaching is about the students. To teach well is to facilitate learning for a student such that he or she feels the success of his or her own learning. “Success in learning is emotional success, and the effective teacher understands this emotional foundation for learning” (222). Emotional response informs our brains that what we are experiencing matters which in turn enhances learning. “The art of changing the brain includes the art of selling importance” (225).

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