Johns Hopkins University
School of Education

The Brain and Learning

Module Description: This module reviews research from the cognitive and neurological sciences about how the brain processes, stores, and retrieves information, and implications of this research for effective teaching, creative thinking, problem solving, and use of the arts across content areas. Candidates will use a teaching model based on this research to create learning experiences designed to increase the learning and achievement of all students.

Length: 5 weeks

Text required for purchase:   Hardiman, M. M. (2012). The Brain-Targeted Teaching Model for 21st-century schools. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.