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The Human Nervous System: A Framework for Teaching and the Teaching Brain
Author(s) -
Rodriguez Vanessa
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
mind, brain, and education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.624
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1751-228X
pISSN - 1751-2271
DOI - 10.1111/mbe.12000
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , teaching method , computer science , psychology , mathematics education , cognitive science , neuroscience , biology , paleontology
The teaching brain is a new concept that mirrors the complex, dynamic, and context‐dependent nature of the learning brain. In this article, I use the structure of the human nervous system and its sensing, processing, and responding components as a framework for a re‐conceptualized teaching system. This teaching system is capable of responses on an instinctual level (e.g., spinal cord teaching ) as well as higher order student‐centered teaching and even more complex teaching brain teaching . At the most complex level the teacher and student engage in a synchronistic teaching flow that achieves the optimal teaching and learning experience.