Inspired Educator Inspired Learner: Experiential, Brain-Based Activities and Strategies to Engage, Build Community and Create Lasting Lessons - Softcover

Jennifer Stanchfield

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1939019133 ISBN 13: 9781939019134

Publisher: Wood N Barnes, 2014

Synopsis

This book explores experiential, brain-based techniques for engaging learners emotionally, physically and intellectually in academic or training content while practicing important social-emotional skills and building a productive and supportive learning community. Educators will find creative strategies to differentiate instruction and cultivate 21st century learning strategies that will get participants moving, talking, reflecting and keep them engaged with multiple pathways to learning, reviewing, and synthesizing lessons. The innovative reflective techniques offered throughout increase relevancy, meaning, depth of understanding, and create connections between educational experiences and real life.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

“For years, Jennifer Stanchfield has shown an avid interest in modern brain research and how it applies to what teachers and learners do together. Here she has brought together cognitive science, neuroscience, and education to achieve a synthesis that will intrigue many educators.” —Sam Wang, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Princeton University “Inspired Educator, Inspired Learner is inspiring! A helpful synthesis of some of the most important principles, trends, and practices education now needs to help all students be successful in the 21st century.” —Bernie Trilling, 21st Century Learning Advisor, co-author of 21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times “Aside from being an amazing resource for meaningful games and classroom activities, Jennifer's work synthesizes so many of the best practices I've come across as a teacher. It reminds me of why those things work, and it helps me to see the link between my own practices and the amazing work I've seen from other educators and facilitators. Whether you need an idea for tomorrow, some philosophical food for thought, or some research for your next unit plans, Inspired Educator, Inspired Learner will help. This is an exciting book for an educator.” —Neil Poynter, Teacher/Advisor at The NET Charter High School, New Orleans, Louisiana “My most engaging and powerful lessons and activities come from Jennifer Stanchfield. When I reflect on what works best in my classroom, every lesson on the top of my list has an element of her wisdom. Now, all that powerful wisdom is in ONE book. Since I can't have Jen in my classroom at all times, this book is the next best thing! This is a must-read for emerging AND veteran teachers who want to empower students' creativity and deepen engagement and understanding in the classroom.” —Heidi Pauer, 2003 New Hampshire English Teacher of the Year

About the Author

Jennifer Stanchfield s depth of experience, creativity and knowledge of educational theory and practice is evident in her innovative yet practical workshops and publications in which she incorporates the art of facilitation and teaching with brain-based and pedagogical research. In her 25 years as an educator, Jen has worked as a classroom teacher, a clinician in mental health treatment centers for children, adolescents and adults, as an adventure educator, and in professional training, adult education, and organizational teambuilding. Jen earned her masters degree in Experiential Education at Minnesota State University, Mankato and continues to pursue the latest research on the brain and learning, pedagogy and the emerging field of educational neuroscience. Through these experiences she has developed an extensive repertoire of evidence-informed experiential activities, tools, and strategies she brings to her engaging and informative workshops, publications, and teaching resources. She works with schools, colleges, community organizations and training organizations all over the world helping educators increase engagement, promote social-emotional skills and facilitate meaningful reflection and group dialogue to increase learning outcomes.
Jen is founder and director of Experiential Tools, an organization focused on helping educators fill their toolbox with quality, unique, and user-friendly methods to enhance learning. Her group facilitation and teaching tools include the Pick-A-Postcard Reflection Kit, the Miniature Metaphors Processing and Reflection Treasure Chest, Quotables, and the Conversation Starter Pin-Back Button collection. She is author of Tips and Tools: The Art of Experiential Group Facilitation and co-author of A Teachable Moment: A Facilitator s Guide to Activities for Processing, Debriefing, Reviewing and Reflection. She is also the creator and a regular contributor to the byline Facilitators Toolbox published by the Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT) and The Inspired Educator Blog at experientialtools.com.
Along with training educators and working directly with schools, Jen provides team-building and professional development programs for community organizations, businesses, college staff and faculty. She offers custom as well as open enrollment workshops for counselors, trainers, classroom teachers, college programs, coaches, and human resource professionals looking to enliven their curriculum or group work with experiential, brain-based approaches to increase engagement and create lasting lessons.
For more information on workshops, consulting services, The Inspired Educator Blog, and facilitation and teaching tools visit jenniferstanchfield.com or experientialtools.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wood N Barnes
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1939019133
• ISBN 13: 9781939019134
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 272