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Engagement with the Brain in Mind « The Whole Child Blog « Whole Child Education

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Engagement with the Brain in Mind

In a session at ASCD’s Fall Conference in October, former teacher and leader in the brain-based–learning movement Eric Jensen shared three dozen classroom-tested and highly practical strategies you can use immediately to get sustainable engagement for the whole child in every class. Discover how to involve even a discouraged, hostile, or apathetic student. Each research-based strategy is role-modeled, highly adaptable, and debriefed for instant application at your school.

At the beginning of this video, ASCD’s Ann Cunningham-Morris talks about the conference with Wavelengthpresident Jim Winter, using the whole child approach to education framework for school improvement with Whole