Day 1: "Learning in the Brain New World" by Tony Buzan

I. Enter the Brain New World
  1. Revolutions of the Mind
  2. We are in the Age of Intelligence
  3. Managing the Managers of Knowledge
  4. Cause of intellectual bankruptcies in the world.

II. The Global Creativity Crisis
  1. The worst crisis of all time
  2. Does Creativity deteriorate with Age?
  3. Impact on Learning: Creativity vs. Curriculum
  4. Benchmarking Your Creativity

III. Brain Based Teaching
  1. Basic Language of the Brain
  2. The Synergistic Brain
  3. Teaching the Brain to Learn
  4. Right Formula for Learning

IV. Teach Less Learn More
  1. How our Students learn today
  2. How our Teachers teach today
  3. The TEFCAS Formula
  4. Mind and Body Connection

V. Introducing Mind Maps as a Brain Tool
  1. How Mind Map mimics the brain
  2. Examples of Mind Maps in education
  3. Hands-on Practices




 

Day 2: "Teaching in the Brain New World" by Henry Toi

I. Design of Teaching Periods
Discoveries in the field of learning and recall can help teachers in designing lesson plans that are brain-based.  Follow-up revision can also be enhanced with the understanding of how the brain retains information over a period of time.

II. Making Thinking Visible
One of the most powerful ways to teach is to transfer thinking processes to students.  The problem lies with the nature of thinking processes, which is "invisible" most of the time.  Hence, students may see the demonstration of the desired outcome, but are unable to replicate the processes.  Mind Maps can be used to make the instructor's thinking processes visible to the students and help scaffold student's thinking.

III. Creative Thinking
Creative thinking process requires skillful controlled divergent and convergent thinking.  The templates developed in this session can be applied to a wide range of subjects and topics.

IV. Critical Thinking
Critical thinking can be enhanced with the appropriate use of Mind Maps.  Some of the skill demonstrated in this hand-on session includes:
>   Judging                                       >   Part-whole thinking
>   Ordering                                      >   Analysis
>   Compare and contrast             >   Systems thinking            

V. Using images to power up student's Understanding and Recall
Research has shown that the brain's ability to recall images far outperforms its ability to recall words.  In this hands-on session, you will be engaged in creating word-pictures to help your students learning while having fun.

VI. Difference between Mind Maps and Concept Maps
There are significant differences in the application of concept maps and Mind Maps.  Knowing the difference will help teachers be more discerning in applying the techniques for the appropriate outcom