TIES09_70

Give Me a “C”: Cheerleading Cultures of Curiosity, Creativity, Collaboration and Communication

 * Instructor:** Bernajean Porter, Consultant, BJP Consulting

Boredom for kids in our schools has reached pandemic proportions. Participants will take away strategies for cheerleading joyful and 21st-century fearless learners. By using the timeless technology of questions and nurturing curiosity with meaningful complex tasks and student-driven inquiry tasks, educators can harness the mastery of both basic skills and higher-order thinking strategies, thereby altering the neural networks of learners. Come discover how challenging tasks are better for brains than easy ones, interaction with others creates more brain power than isolation, and enriched and challenging environments produce more neural connections.
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