Neuroscience: what classroom staff need to know
Connected - The Thrive® Podcast
English - February 20, 2023 11:19 - 19 minutes - 9.07 MBCourses Education Health & Fitness Mental Health adolescent child children development emotional healthy junior people relationship resilience Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode we are talking about neuroscience and how educators can use it to build effective connections with the children and young people they teach. Our guest today is Thrive Partnerships Lead and former teacher, Senco and headteacher, Kay Hamilton. Kay is a passionate advocate for the use of neuroscience in understanding classroom behaviour and in creating relationships that enable change to take place.
Listen in to discover:
How to translate neuroscience into effective classroom practice
An explanation of the role of serotonin, dopamine and oxytocin in connection
Why connection between humans is so important for good mental health
Why disconnection can lead to an increase in cortisol, the stress hormone
An explanation of the link between social connection and the brain’s ability to form new neuronal pathways and to learn
Practical suggestions for language and activities that help to build connections
In this episode we are talking about neuroscience and how educators can use it to build effective connections with the children and young people they teach. Our guest today is Thrive Partnerships Lead and former teacher, Senco and headteacher, Kay Hamilton. Kay is a passionate advocate for the use of neuroscience in understanding classroom behaviour and in creating relationships that enable change to take place.
Listen in to discover:
How to translate neuroscience into effective classroom practice
An explanation of the role of serotonin, dopamine and oxytocin in connection
Why connection between humans is so important for good mental health
Why disconnection can lead to an increase in cortisol, the stress hormone
An explanation of the link between social connection and the brain’s ability to form new neuronal pathways and to learn
Practical suggestions for language and activities that help to build connections