Southwest FL ASTD Monthly Meeting

May 15th, 2013

Join ASTD of Southwest Florida on Wednesday, May 15th for a unique program: 

Nine Principles of Brain-Based

Teaching and Learning

  “The brain is not designed for instruction.”  If this statement is true, then what IS the brain designed for?  To answer that question, this highly interactive session will explore nine principles of brain-based teaching and learning, along with specific implications for training and trainers.  Based on the research of Renate and Geoffrey Caine (Making Connections: Teaching and the Human Brain), the presentation will include an array of active learning applications, and will model brain-based modalities that promote participant learning, engagement, and ultimately retention.

This session will cover nine brain-based learning principles and implications for teaching and learning:

1. The brain is a parallel processor.
2. Learning engages the entire physiology.
3. Search for meaning is innate and occurs through patterning.
4. Emotions are critical to patterning.
5. The brain simultaneously perceives and creates both parts and wholes.
6. Learning involves both attention and perception.
7. Retention is best with context memory.
8. Learning is enhanced by challenge, inhibited by threat.
9. Each brain is unique.

 Click on the Link below to Register or RSVP.

Registration ends at Midnight, Monday May 13th

 

You can pay by credit card or choose to pay at the door.  We can only accept credit cards online.

Local ASTD Member: $15 with lunch, $10 without lunch, GUESTS or Non Local ASTD Member: $20 (with or without lunch), Student with ID Non Local ASTD Member: $10 (with or without lunch), Student with ID Local ASTD Member: $5 (with or without lunch)

Lunch is from Jason's Deli
When you register please choose the type of Lunch that you would like to have from our menu listing.  If you are planning not to have lunch please choose that option.  Thanks!

Ice Cold Water will be provided for everyone.

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Meet the Speaker

Rosanne Vrugtman, Ph.D has recently relocated to Southwest Florida and joined our ASTD Chapter.  In addition to an AA and BA in English/Education, Rosanne has earned an MS in HR Management and Development, a MEd and a PhD in Adult Education (2009).  Her quantitative dissertation research provided rigorous first-round validation of the Dimensions of Intuition® (DOI®) instrument she developed to predict and measure human intuitive capacity.  Rosanne’s professional background includes careers in business, human service and education.  She recently retired from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, College of Education where she served in a variety of roles, including ACT Center supervisor and director of the St. Louis Regional Partnership for Excellence in Urban Education.

In 1991, she established Transitions Unlimited, offering an array of customized personal and professional development programs, including her own favorite:  “Success from the Inside Out.”  She has taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in writing, psychology, leadership, and career development for DeVry University since 1998.  A certified parenting instructor and certified police training specialist, in 1999 she became a certified brain dominance profiler, utilizing the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument® (HBDI®).

Rosanne has held a variety of leadership positions with professional organizations.  She served for six years on the board of the St. Louis Chapter of ASTD and winning two prestigious national ASTD awards during her presidential year (1999).  She is currently vice president of Zane Grey’s West Society (ZGWS), serving as editor of the Centennial Edition of Riders of the Purple Sage (2012) and other works.  She organized the 2012 Institute for Learning Styles Research (ILSR) International Conference in St. Louis and this year will serve as president of the organization.

 

If you have any questions about the Monthly Chapter Meeting or how to register please give me a call, or drop me an e-mail.

 

We look forward to seeing you at the Southwest Florida Chapter of ASTD Monthly Meeting.

 

Thank you for your attention and response.  

 

Sincerely,

 

Christine Davlin

VP of Events, Southwest Florida Chapter of ASTD

239-533-6732

cdavlin@leegov.com