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Whether you’re an experienced arts integrationist or just beginning, we have a course offering for you! Learn how to seamlessly integrate dance, music, visual art, and drama into the curriculum you teach every day.

BTT with Dr. Hardiman
All Grades Brain Science

Introduction to Brain-Targeted Teaching

Mariale Hardiman EdD Mariale Hardiman EdD
Overview
Curriculum
  • 12 Sections
  • 20 Lessons
  • 15 Assignments
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Welcome to Introduction to Brain-Targeted Teaching!
1 Lesson
  1. Meet Your Instructor
Course Overview
1 Lesson
  1. Welcome from Dr. Hardiman!
    Preview
The Arts, Cognition, and Learning
1 Lesson
  1. The Potential Cognitive Benefits of the Arts
Major Themes of Neuroeducation
1 Lesson
  1. What Educators Need to Know About Neuroeducation
Brain-Based Foundations for Arts Integration
5 Lessons3 Assignments
  1. Why the Arts Work: Neuroeducation Meets Arts Integration
  2. Memory-Making Processes
  3. Key Instructional Approach 1: Embodied Cognition
  4. Embodied Cognition Reflection
  5. Key Instructional Approach 2: Visual Thinking
  6. Visual Thinking Reflection
  7. Key Instructional Approach 3: Repeated Rehearsal
  8. Repeated Rehearsal Reflection
Overview of the Brain-Targeted Teaching® Model
2 Lessons1 Assignment
  1. What is the Brain Targeted Teaching® Model
  2. Reflecting on the Brain-Targeted Teaching Model
  3. Brain-Targeted Teaching Website
Brain-Target 1: The Emotional Climate for Learning
1 Lesson1 Assignment
  1. Brain-Target 1: The Emotional Climate for Learning
  2. Reflecting on BT1
Brain Target 2: The Physical Learning Environment
1 Lesson1 Assignment
  1. Brain Target 2: The Physical Learning Environment
  2. Reflecting on BT2
Brain Target 3: Learning Design, or the Big Picture
1 Lesson2 Assignments
  1. Brain Target 3: Learning Design, or the Big Picture
  2. Reflecting on BT3
  3. Generation/Reconstruction of Information
Brain Target 4: Teaching for Mastery of Content, Skills, and Concepts
4 Lessons4 Assignments
  1. Brain Target 4: Teaching for Mastery of Content, Skills, and Concepts
  2. Reflecting on BT4
  3. Strategy 1: Using Visuals to Build Thinking Habits
  4. Visuals Timed Brainstorm
  5. Strategy 2: Using Movement to Strengthen Understanding
  6. Movement Timed Brainstorm
  7. Strategy 3: Artful Repetition for Long Term Memory
  8. Artful Repetition Timed Brainstorm
Brain Target 5: Teaching for Application
1 Lesson2 Assignments
  1. Brain Target 5: Teaching for Application
  2. Reflecting on BT5
  3. Enactment
Brain Target 6: Evaluation Of and For Learning
1 Lesson1 Assignment
  1. Brain Target 6: Evaluation Of and For Learning
  2. Reflecting on BT6

Dr. Mariale Hardiman leads an introduction to her groundbreaking teaching pedagogy, the Brain-Targeted Teaching Method, which explores arts integration through the lens of neuro/cognitive science.

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