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Join Us This Summer in Santa Barbara for a Hands-on Workshop

From July 16-20, 2018, Learning & the Brain is offering a Summer Institute on the oceanside campus of UCSB.

This institute will focus on neuroscience research and theory, and how they correlate to potential classroom applications in areas of executive function and memory consolidation. Topics covered will include the dopamine-reward circuit, formative assessments, feedback, metacognition, promoting transferable knowledge and creativity, and improving student-constructed learning with inquiry and project-based learning. The increasing promise for stimulating neural networks to develop executive functions from early childhood through adulthood will be discussed along with implications for education. This institute is hands-on and is limited to 40 participants.

You Will Learn to:

Evaluate the executive functions from the perspectives of neuroscience
Stimulate the developing neural networks of executive functions in learners of all ages
Use patterning strategies to increase new information linking into memory
Employ mental manipulation for memory storage, retention, and retrieval
Guide students to use and build skills of metacognition and long-term memory formation
Promote multisensory learning experiences that benefit all brains
Connect neuroscience research to planning student-constructed and project-based learning that develops understanding and long-term, transferable concept memory

The Summer Institute Is for:

PreK-12 Teachers, Administrators
School Psychologists and School Clinicians
Education Professors and College Professors

About the Institute

This Learning & the Brain Summer Institute will be led by Dr. Judy Willis and assisted by Malana Willis. You will be offered an intensive professional development experience, drawing on findings in affective and social neuroscience. The Institute emphasizes executive skills and memory and retention, and their roles in learning and student achievement.

This program is designed to help individuals and school teams develop the knowledge, skills, and strategies necessary to responsibly apply neuroscience and cognitive science findings to the classroom to improve teaching and learning. Active participation is expected throughout this Institute. Class sessions will be held in the afternoon on the first day and on mornings each subsequent day amounting to a program total of 20 hours.

All sessions will take place at the Sierra Madre comple on the UC Santa Barbara campus and participants will be housed close by on campus. Lodging, some meals, and course materials are provided. See online schedule for meals provided.
Professional Development Credit:

Professional Development Credit:

Earn up to 20 hours toward professional development credit for various professionals. For details on credit offered, visit our CE credit page or call our office at 781-449-4010 ext. 102. Note: credits are not provided by the University of California, Santa Barbara.

About Dr. Judy Willis

Judy Willis, MD, MEd, is a neurologist and credentialed teacher. She has combined her training in neuroscience and neuroimaging with her teacher education training and years of classroom experience. Dr. Willis is an authority in the field of learning-centered brain research and teaching strategies derived from this research and has spoken at national and international educational conferences.

Dr. Willis has taught in elementary and middle schools and is currently an adjunct lecturer at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is also a staff writer for Edutopia and Psychology Today, and a media spokesperson for the American Academy of Neurology.

Dr. Willis has written six books on this topic, contributed extensively to educational journals and conducts interactive professional development workshops throughout the United States and internationally. Her books include Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning (2006), Brain Research Based Strategies for the Inclusion Class (2007), How Your Child Learns Best (2008), Inspiring Middle School Minds: Gifted, Creative and Challenging (2009) and Learning to Love Math (2010).

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