How
to Engage Students with Whole Brain Teaching
Searching
for a way to engage and keep your students engaged in your lessons? How about Whole Brain Teaching? Whole Brain Teaching was first introduced as
a method to keep students engaged in the classroom in 1999 by Chris Biffle, to excite
students about their learning and make learning "brainbased, fun and free"(Lindstrom,
2010). To watch a teacher in a classroom, seem to “play
a game” with students, while they are learning, is absolutely jaw-dropping to
see. The method is fast-paced and highly
effective. "The core of our method
is to get kids to teach each other," said Chris Biffle, founder of the
Whole Brain movement. "When they're teaching each other they're seeing,
saying, hearing, doing and feeling whatever the lesson has to be, and that's
the whole brain."(Lindstrom,
2010) In the link below, 1st grade
students are learning with whole brain teaching for the first time.
Lindstrom,
N. (2010). WHOLE BRAIN TEACHING COMMANDS STUDENTS’ ATTENTION: Funny gestures,
chants spice up daily lessons. In Daily Press (Victorville, CA). Daily
Press (Victorville, CA).
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=n5h&AN=2W63400156084&site=ehost-live
Whole
Brain Teaching: Starting WBT With 1st Graders - YouTube
Hey Denise I enjoyed reading your blog. Whole Brain Teaching is something I've been interested in quite a bit. I've always liked the idea of getting your students to teach each other. I think that is good because it just builds chemistry between your students.
ReplyDeleteWhole brain teaching is wonderful! I just think for me it will be challenging to getting use to doing it. Almost a learning experience for me haha!
ReplyDeleteGreat post Denise. I am planning on using whole brain teaching in my future classroom. I think this is a great way to get students involved in the lesson!
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