[regional_school] Re: Herb Kohl on Reading
- From: hussainbahmed@xxxxxxxxx
- To: regional_school@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 12:09:19 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks, Ellen, and I would suggest that you go for it! I for one have done
quite a bit of studying on this topic and will be interested in finding out
more, especially, the feeling aspect of the mind/heart dimension that results
in compassionate feeling. Deepak Chopra in his book Power, Happiness and Grace
suggest that the gap between thoughts is where one could find silence, and
quietness of the mind has been associated with the activation of higher level
awareness suggesting meditation as a useful reflective tool. Any thoughts on
how to weave meditation technology into the fabric of the Regional School?
Hussain B. Ahmed, Ed.D.
President & CEO
The Center for Change, Inc
--- On Tue, 6/2/09, Ellen Weber <eweber1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Ellen Weber <eweber1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:
[regional_school] Re: Herb Kohl on Reading
To: regional_school@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 6:08 PM
Hey Hussain and Josie, Thanks and you raised a wonderful
point, Hussain! Bravo -- it's much like the way the Regional team is linking
heart and mind to help Bill Cala build the school!
And yes, there is current research to back
the connections you addressed here. Mind and heart connections involve
multiple ways of knowing, taking more advantage of distinctive brain parts such
as the amygdala, acting ethically through engaging reflective areas of the
brain, and many other practical links where heart and mind integrate to
create solutions. It's much the same way knowledge integrates to provide
answers
to pressing problems learners face in dynamic roundtables.
Not sure I have ever addressed this mind/heart
connection directly in an article -- but I will do so soon now that
you mentioned it. Or perhaps others here have done so. Interestingly,
in some countries we work within (especially Singapore and
China) brain experts would shift our attention to
the mind/stomach connection - and there is also current research to
show how brain chemicals link brain
to stomach for positive or negative results. Nuff said - but I agree with
your extensions and no wonder learners benefit from working with rather than
against their brains:-)
Stay blessed! Ellen
Ellen Weber (PhD)
Director - MITA International Brain Based
Center
PO Box 347, Pittsford, NY 14534
MITA Brain Leaders and
learners blog: www.Brainleadersandlearners.com
MITA Brain Based Center Web Site at www.mitaleadership.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Hussain
Ahmed
To: regional_school@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:45 PM
Subject: [regional_school] Re: Herb Kohl on Reading
Interesting thought, Ellen, and I would like to add that a
well developed brain is one that listen to the heart and we should make
sure we do not leave the heart behind. Any thoughts on the brain/heart
connection?
Hussain.
--- On Sun, 5/31/09, Ellen Weber
<eweber1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
From:
Ellen Weber <eweber1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:
[regional_school] Re: Herb Kohl on Reading
To:
regional_school@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sunday, May 31, 2009, 11:54
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Hi all,
Innovative ideas coming across this network often inspire my day -
which
leads me to challenge your thoughts about the Regional
School today:-)
I've been
thinking about this question: What if the Regional
School sidestepped "No Child Left Behind"
limitations, by launching a practical plan for "No
Brain Left Behind" and applied even 25
brainpower tools to reconfigure learning and assessments with the brain
in mind?
Imagine escalated motivation and achievement for
learners at every level with no brain left behind.
See http://twurl.nl/0lzmlh
Your turn ...? Ellen
Ellen Weber (PhD)
Director - MITA International Brain
Based Center
PO Box 347, Pittsford, NY 14534
MITA
Brain Leaders and learners blog: www.Brainleadersandlearners.com
MITA Brain Based
Center Web Site at www.mitaleadership.com
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