A Humorous Examination of Current Brain Research and Its Applications
Location
CSU
Student's Major
World Languages and Cultures
Student's College
Arts and Humanities
Mentor's Name
Daniel Cronn-Mills
Mentor's Department
Communication Studies
Mentor's College
Arts and Humanities
Description
Research into the inner workings of the mind, into how we construct and control our thoughts and emotions, has skyrocketed. According to Wolfe and Brandt in a 1998 issue of the journal Educational Leadership, we have learned more about the brain in the past ten years than in the past one hundred years put together. Examination of this new research is warranted because it yields benefits in many areas, such as the alleviation of performance anxiety and a better understanding of the people we interact with each day. Educators can also benefit from this new research by applying it in their teaching methods. In this humorous examination of this research, I explore the theories of Howard Gardner and Daniel Goleman, analyze new findings that modify our view of their well-known theories, and then show how we can take this information and apply it in our day-to-day lives.
A Humorous Examination of Current Brain Research and Its Applications
CSU
Research into the inner workings of the mind, into how we construct and control our thoughts and emotions, has skyrocketed. According to Wolfe and Brandt in a 1998 issue of the journal Educational Leadership, we have learned more about the brain in the past ten years than in the past one hundred years put together. Examination of this new research is warranted because it yields benefits in many areas, such as the alleviation of performance anxiety and a better understanding of the people we interact with each day. Educators can also benefit from this new research by applying it in their teaching methods. In this humorous examination of this research, I explore the theories of Howard Gardner and Daniel Goleman, analyze new findings that modify our view of their well-known theories, and then show how we can take this information and apply it in our day-to-day lives.
