Workshop 4:

3-day train-the-trainer program for teachers

Every year, up to 20,000 students from pre-school to senior secondary level enrol in John Joseph’s ‘Your Amazing Brain’ Workshops. Now, your staff can develop the knowledge and expertise to run their own programs using John’s remarkable PowerPoint presentations and resources. Participants will dissect a real brain, build models, use PowerPoints, make plans for student lessons, and bring back to their schools an extensive insight into planning and implementing an entire learning about learning program for students.

Developed and tested with more than 130,000 students across 20 countries, Mind Your Brain - A Journey into the Mechanics of Learning, Emotions and Brain Care for Young Minds provides the essential ingredients for developing a fully integrated thematic approach to learning about learning. Choose your High Flyer teachers for this 3-day workshop. They will be challenged, stimulated and totally absorbed by the possibilities presented. John Joseph will demonstrate how to use over 500 remarkable PowerPoint slides including numerous brain and neuron animations to switch your students onto learning. The course with 300 page teacher book addresses:

Section 1:  Anatomy of the Brain – neuroscience for beginners
Section 2:  Neurons - tiny cells that learn
Section 3:  Information processing - understanding learning and memory
Section 4:  Learning Styles - assessing talents and strengths
Section 5:  Brain Care - grow a healthy brain!
Section 6:  The Emotional Rooms – enjoying life’s challenges

"The information presented was amazing and his examples and explanations were clear and easy to understand. A fantastic professional learning opportunity. It is an amazing program that every child will benefit from."

"What a fantastic workshop! It will definitely help us to help students be more happier and more productive at school." 

Teachers at a 3-day Mind Your Brain workshop in Melbourne, 2007