Cost: $1,975

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From June 21-24, 2011, Learning ghj_amp the Brain and Lawrence Academy, an independent coeducational high school, will offer this in-depth Summer Institute on the campus of Lawrence Academy in historic Groton, Massachusetts.

Based on cutting-edge findings from affective and social neuroscience, the Institute emphasizes the roles of emotion and social interaction in learning, motivation, creativity and the culture of schools. This Institute
will 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.

The Institute will be hands-on and is limited to 30 participants. You will collaborate in facilitated discussions and analyses of case studies to develop scientifically grounded approaches for understanding and meeting the diverse cognitive, social and emotional needs of students.

Participants will inquire deeply into brain, cognitive and emotional development as dynamically
intertwined processes; obtain ideas for fostering healthy, enduring development and learning in their students; develop strategies to become researchers in their own schools; and gain ongoing access to a community of educators and scientists working at the intersection of neuroscience and education.

Learning Objectives

Inquire meaningfully into brain, cognitive and emotional development as dynamically intertwined processes

Obtain ideas for fostering healthy, enduring development and learning in your students

Acquire concrete tools and strategies for the design of curricula and assessments

Achieve a new understanding of students' learning and behavior and learn new ways to analyze what we teach

Discuss real experiences from your own school or classroom

Develop strategies for teachers to become researchers in their own classrooms

Gain ongoing access to a community of educators and scientists working at the intersection of neuroscience and education

Achieving a new understanding of students' learning and behavior

Acquiring tools and strategies for the design of curricula and assessments

Improving instructional practice and enhancing student outcomes

The Summer Institute Is for

PreK-12 Teachers, Administrators, School Psychologists and School Clinicians

Education Professors

College Professors

Policymakers

Professional Development Credit

This program provides a total of 22 hours toward professional development credit for various professionals. For types of credit offered, or to find out about additional engaged hours toward professional development credit, call Learning ghj_amp the Brain at 781-449-4010 ext. 101.

Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, EdD

The workshop will be led by Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, a leading cognitive neuroscientist and educator.

Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Ed.D. is a cognitive neuroscientist and educational psychologist who studies the brain bases of emotion, social interaction and culture and their implications or development and schools. She is an Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology at the Rossier School of Education and an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the Brain and Creativity Institute, both at the University of Southern California.

A former junior high school teacher, she earned her doctorate at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, where she was the recipient of grants from the Spencer Foundation and the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation.

She is the Associate Editor for North America for the journal Mind, Brain and Education, and the inaugural recipient of the Award for Transforming Education through Neuroscience, co-sponsored by the International Mind, Brain and Education Society (IMBES) and the Learning and the Brain Conference. She lectures nationally and abroad on the implicatons of brain and cognitive science research for curriculum and pedagogy. Her background as a researcher, teacher, and mother has made her especially interested in the connection between learning and emotion.

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Learning Objectives

The Summer Institute Is for

Professional Development Credit

Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, EdD