Implementation+of+Brain+Based+Education

The fundamental principles of Brain-Based education lie in the recognition that learning can occur in a variety of different ways. It is not a new concept that different students absorb and process information in different ways, and a 'good' teacher will recognize how their students learn and differentiate their learning accordingly.

Differentiated learning will be a core principle within the curriculum of ICHS. It will recognize that students' brains are parallel processors, and will actively provide opportunities for learning to 'light up' as many relevant processes as possible. In this regard, students will actively participate in a variety of engaging, inquiry-based classroom activities, that:


 * Incorporate Multi-Sensory information acquisition and processing
 * Require collaborative work, with peers in-class, and with a wider community wherever possible;
 * Engage simultaneous processing;
 * Elicit emotional responses, and reflection;
 * Include conscious as well as sub-conscious mental processes;

Curriculum content will also reflect the principles of Vugotsky's Zones of Proximal Development in order to create truly differentiated learning. Group and partner-based inquiry activities will encourage scaffolding. In-class activities will include opportunities for students to learn from each other, as well as for students currently at lower Instructional ranges to learn from those at higher ranges.

Finally, placement of Teaching Assistants in classes wherever necessary will allow for individualized Learning Plans to be created for students who require additional support. This ILP's will be created in with student input, and will be provided for by the classroom teacher by allowing for differentiated assessment and scaffolding.

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