Kenneth Wesson discusses the thirteen important brain facts that educators must be aware of. The author stated, “If we want our schools to be successful learning institutions, it is essential that both parents and educators become keenly aware of the best information and that they are regularly using that very same information.” This sentence struck me because I realized that not all parents are involved in their children’s education. There are several different types of parents: some sit with their child and help with homework, some pay to have someone else help their child with their homework, others feel that their child can learn on their own, and some do not care what their child does in school. We need to get parents excited to participate in school activities to show their children that they truly do care. Also, I found it interesting that even when we think we have stopped thinking about a certain topic, our brain continues to process the information to find what we were meaning to say. This is very important when teaching, and thus it is important to give students time to answer questions you may pose.
Wesson, K. A. (2003, August). What Everyone Should Know About the Latest Brain Research. Neuroscience, 1-8.
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