Whole Brain Teaching: The Basics

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[jmork1881]

My kindergarten students and I absolutely love this teaching style. It allows them to talk, to share their ideas, to teach their friends, speak through out the lesson, and the students all have fun learning. Students can wiggle, talk, be silly, and laugh.... and still focus quickly again to learn. :-)

[Random00Factor]

I absolutely love this! To the people who say this is a satire, or a joke, or just repetition, you would be surprised how well this works! The students stay engaged, the lesson gets taught, and there might be time left over for conversations at the end... Don't push all teaching methods through a little hole, and don't force everybody to conform to the way you were taught in the past.

[rbeeth]

Thank-you Chris. I'm a 5th grade teacher with 35 students. These management techniques are a tremendous help. + They work!

[wowitzkate]

@ahundal13 What?! Yes, the "Class-Yes" is repetition but it keeps them engaged. When someone is able to explain something in his or her own words (teaching) it requires much higher-level thinking than just memorization. So, of course this is learning! The students were teaching throughout the entire lesson!

[Wastelander30]

A charming satire, though my spine tingles with terror in realizing just how many people took this in earnest.

[RegulusPure]

Despite the fact that this seems quite ridiculous, especially for older kids, there are some things I like about it. The biggest thing I like about it, is that the kids are teaching each other. One of the main reasons I became a teacher was because of the saying "you don't truly understand something until you can teach it." The microlecture thing was interesting as well. The more learning you can leave in the hands of the kids the better. 30 seconds might be too short though.

[RegulusPure]

Uhm. Bizzare, and I couldn't follow what was going on at all.

[ahundal13]

I'm opposed to this type of teaching. It is merely repetition with barely any real understanding. This is not learning.

[tuitionfruition]

I got seriously lost and wonder how much practice the students had before shooting this video. There's no way I would get all of this info after only hearing it once