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PIDP 3300: Teaching Adults with the Brain in Mind

EFFECTIVE DATE DEPARTMENT SCHOOL

January 2023 Provincial Instructor Diploma Library, Language, and Teaching

and Learning

DESCRIPTION

At the end of this course, learners will be able to design, deliver, and evaluate adult education courses and
programs in a manner that is compatible with the latest research on how the brain learns, remembers, and forgets.
Learners will have an understanding of how the brain functions. They will be able to discuss intelligently
contemporary issues in brain research such as the brain and mental illness, critical thinking, moral development,
new theories of intelligence, differences in male and female brains, wisdom and intelligence and others. An
underlying goal is to have students become very interested in brain research and its implications for education to
the point that they will continue to follow developments in this field for the rest of their lives.

CREDITS YEAR OF STUDY

2.0 3rd Year Post-secondary

PREREQUISITES

None

COREQUISITES

None

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Describe the principles of a brain compatible curriculum

Apply knowledge of the link between emotions and learning to teaching
Design curriculum for mindful learning
Design evaluation techniques that are appropriate for a brain friendly classroom
Nurture intelligence, creativity, and healthy emotions in learners
 Describe the nature/nurture controversy and epigenetics
Describe theories of moral development and their implications for instructors

PRIOR LEARNING ASSESSMENT & RECOGNITION (PLAR)

1. Actual curriculum products / portfolio created and used by the applicant in their workplace which are judged
equivalent to the curriculum documents required in the PIDP 3260 course assignments.
2. A successful interview with the SIE Department Head or one of the full-time SIE faculty.
3. An essay in which the applicant describes the development of their thinking related to the themes, issues, and
concepts of the PIDP 3260 course.

HOURS

Lecture, Online, Seminar, Tutorial: 30

Total Hours: 30

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

Instructional strategies may include in-class workshops, active learning instructional strategies, experiential
learning activities, discussions, group work, online activities, and self directed learning

GRADING SYSTEM PASSING GRADE

Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory 61

EVALUATION PLAN

Type Percentage Assessment activity

Assignments 40 Essay, project, or presentation on course topic

Assignments 20 Book review

Assignments 20 Website review

Assignments 10 Classroom observation report

Exam 10 Cooperative exam

COURSE TOPICS

the physical brain learning and memory intelligence critical thinking the social brain

Notes:

Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on
the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/ .
To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.

Broadway campus Downtown campus

604.871.7000
1155 East Broadway 250 West Pender Street
Vancouver, B.C. Canada
V5T 4V5
Vancouver, B.C. Canada
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