What do our brains want? How does this impact how we teach/learn?
What are your thoughts and connections regarding emotion, motivation, movement, and happiness from these chapters?
What are your reflections on how our brains have evolved?
What are your thoughts/experiences on “learning is suffering” vs. “learning is fun” debate?
What are the implications of “feelings always affect reasoning and memory”?
The quote on page 74 was something I knew/felt but it was validating to see the biology behind it. "Emotions tend to overpower cognition, rather than the reverse. That is, our emotions influence our thinking more than our thinking influences our emotions." How does that impact my instructional language, relationships with students...everything? How does this impact our teachers learn as well? When trying to build school/district-wide "established practices", teachers (and students) have to be in the development at the "ground level" - creating a plan, making decisions on implementation. Reminds me of the Personalized Learning Institute at CESA1 and the School District of Waukesha....how crucial it is for learners to be part of the planning process. How often are students part of that planning process...or is teaching something that is done "to" them instead of "with" them? What about families and community as well? How can we solidify these not just important relationships but CRUCIALLY NEEDED relationships? (Okay...my Jerry McGuire moment is over....=))
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