braincentric

Kieran O’Mahony, PhD, is a Learning Scientist in Cognitive Neuroscience.  He’s mapped and scientifically demonstrated how the brain accepts – that’s important – information, and how learners' brains love to learn. 

Today’s most high-value work is cognitive in nature.  This means, if you’re a thinker, you’re more valuable.  The problem is, you’ve never been taught to think.  You’ve only been told to think. 

Dr. O'Mahony outlines the rewards for the business, the workers, how it's done (in a matter of days!) and what to expect.

Innovative companies are recognizing these 21st-Century Learning skills and benefitting from immense savings across the enterprise.  They’re adapting their culture to learner-centric frameworks that not only make it safe to learn, they become fun and rewarding for all.

Science looks at labeling and stratification and sees dangers defined as limiting the learner and the facilitator. As we at Brain-centric Design like to say; Diversity Of Learning...placing the value on thoughts and experiences around a concept and discussing that paradigm after multiple perspectives have been presented to the learner, perspectives that attach to each lobe of the brain, to assure cognitive rehearsal and that chance to report out those findings to another.

Fernando Salvetti, founder of e-REAL (www.e-real.net) and Logosnet (www.logosnet.org). Advanced Simulation. Enhanced, Virtual and Augmented Reality. Cognitive Aids by Artificial Intelligence. Visual Thinking. New Media in Education. Communication of Science and Technology. Cross-Cultural and Contextual Intelligence. Interactive and Immersive Learning. Behavioral, Cognitive and Meta-Cognitive Skills Empowerment.

With Brain-centric Design, the new 3Rs—Reflect, Revised Thinking, and Report Out—define processes and practices that change that original and outdated paradigm. Paradoxical and delightful outcomes emerge. Even though the focus is not on reading, writing, or arithmetic, these same proficiencies improve, along with a learner’s capacity to grow intellectually, socially, and emotionally. The simple measure of connecting neuroscience with teaching and learning invokes a paradigm shift in attitude, mental models, and intention for both the teacher and the learner.

When learners are given the choice of an engaging brain-centric method versus a traditional memory-centric approach, they immediately perceive the difference and are happy to abandon the old way for Brain-centric Design. Everyone deserves to live in a world where the greatest pleasure in life—learning—is easy, effective, impactful, and enjoyable. Brain-centric Design makes this joy a reality for today’s learners and for generations of new employees who are entering the market today.