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Focus Education provides a global Professional Learning Service for educators, corporations, parents and students. The mission of the organisation is to provide the most current information about learning with the brain in mind as possible, at the most competitive rate achievable.

Research into how the human brain learns presents an unprecedented opportunity to reflect on the vast array of practices that make up teaching and learning, and to determine what actually benefits students in classrooms, as well as what needs to change in order to improve learning and make the schooling experience more enjoyable and satisfying for all. We have learnt that the human brain is highly 'plastic'. Life-long learning is our biological imperative.

We have learnt that the brain needs certain biological conditions met in order to work at optimal levels - nutrition, sleep, exercise, emotional engagement and safety from threat are key elements of conditions for learning. The classroom of the future must reflect both the biological and social nature of diversity and create programs based on learning rather than teaching.

Brain-compatible education is a term to describe the highly interdisciplinary blend of theories that relate to all levels of organisation of the human brain. Strategies claiming to be brain-compatible must satisfy the criteria of contributing to the likelihood of engagement in learning from students, regardless of the weighted elements that mitigate against learning. Focus Education offers:

  • Opening Keynote addresses for school leaders, administrators and teachers
  • Stimulating conferences for trainers and teachers
  • Conference keynotes, workshops and seminars for corporations
  • Student workshops - How To Become A Superstar Learner
  • Parenting seminars - Parenting With the Brain In Mind
  • Conferences for educators across all of the education sectors
  • Education system initiatives for recruitment, training and deployment of teachers
  • Corporation initiatives for recruitment, training and deployment of staff
  • On-line Professional Development Programs tailored for educators and corporations
  • Train-the-trainer programs for educators and corporations
  • Development and sale of educational resources, including books, posters, DVD's, models, kits, lessons...
  • Online career profiling systems
  • Endorsed Provider by the Institute of Teachers NSW to provide Institute Registered professional development
  • 10 fully accredited trainers with their own specializations
  • Networking with other high quality brain-compatible learning sites
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