Creative, Multi-Sensory Approaches To Teaching and Learning

When

10 Mar 2004 - 12 Mar 2004
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Asia/Singapore

Where

Thailand - St. Joseph Bangna School
St. Joseph Bangna School, Bangkok

Event Tag

This is a course designed for all those educators who want to help children reach their educational potential. The course presents information about the latest brain-compatible learning methods, multiple intelligences and practical multi-sensory teaching methods.

During this course educators will learn many multi-sensory and active strategies to help children who are experiencing difficulties with literacy development

This course is based on practical strategies that have been successfully trialed with children who have English as a second language, dyslexia, language delay and learning difficulties.

Objectives
At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

  • present the latest brain compatible teaching methods in a form that fully explains the theory as well as the reasons these methods enhance learning for all children
  • enable educators to understand the importance of Gardner’s MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE THEORY and how it applies to all children: especially those at risk
  • provide teachers of “children at risk”, with a practical range of teaching strategies that will improve learning outcomes for their students.
  • help children enjoy learning and therefore improve confidence and motivation by the use of these enjoyable, multi-sensory strategies.

Outline

  • Introduction to Multi-Sensory Learning
  • Children learn differently – so we teach differently!
  • Multiple Intelligences Model
  • Whole-Brain Learning For Success
  • Learn and practice multi-sensory, active learning strategies
  • Multi-Sensory Learning Centres
  • The Learning Journey – “First Steps” To Success
    • Brain Gym
    • Stages Of Oral Language Development
    • Early Language
    • Exploratory language
    • Emergent language for learning
    • Consolidated Language For Learning
  • Language Enhancer

Trainer’s Profile
Victoria is an experienced educator and consultant and has helped children of all ages reach academic potential. She has specialized in remedial education, teaching dyslexic children, education programmes for gifted and talented children and language and literacy acquisition.

For the past 15 years, she has conducted many professional development courses for teachers and parents and is often a guest speaker at national and international education conferences.

She presents many papers on improving standards in education and her own research and methodology for ensuring full educational development for students.

Methodology
The 3-day course is a presented in an exciting “hands-on” method so that attendees are fully empowered to take these highly successful strategies into classrooms to help all children reach their full academic potential.

Target Audience
Preschools & Primary Educators

Duration: 3 days, 21 hours

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