dilluns, 13 de febrer del 2017

Monday 13th February 2017. Working the short-term memory with the song "A jealous guy" (by John Lennon)

The  most  recent  publications  in  the  world  of  pedagogy  very  closely  espouse  the student-centred  paradigm.  For  example,  many  of  them  suggest  an  active  role  for students in order to favour the construction of knowledge. However, few of these publications have dealt with the neurobiological processes that underlie all learning. The  latest developments in Neuroscience suggest that when information is emotionally  charged,  it  is  more  easily  stored  in  memory.  The  affective  component  in  class could therefore have implications for learning by acting not only on self-esteem and perception of one’s ability to succeed, but more directly on strengthening the memorization process. We could then think that, together with recent knowledge developed  in  the  context  of  student-centred  learning,  the  information-emotion connection could further improve students’ retention of knowledge.
Since  the  appearance  of  this  paradigm,  teachers  have  now  added  to  their function of being masters of their disciplines, that of being organizers of  learning situations.  In  view  of  the  new  scientific  breakthroughs  discussed  here,  we  could think of adding a third function: teachers could offer knowledge with an emotional tone.  By  doing  so,  they  would  make  it  easier  for  students  to convert  information  into knowledge and then into memory. Who knows? The inclusion of an emotional charge during the construction of  knowledge might allow students to remember as easily as they can recall the first time they fell in love.  (Written by Dave Bélaner, 2013)  

Here there is a video of students from group ESO 2B writing the lyrics of John Lennon's song on the blackboard, after having read them on a paper.

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