“MANAGING AND

CARING FOR THE

SELF”
 LEARNING TO BE A BETTER PERSON

 Learningto be a better person entails learning how

to handle brain and the corresponding behavioral
changes that it undergoes.

 The brain acts as a dense network of fiber pathway

that consists approximately 100 billion neurons which
is responsible for all connections among the three
principal parts: STEM, CEREBELLUM, and CEREBRUM.
 1. HOW LEARNING HAPPENS IN HUMAN
BRAIN

 Learning happens through a network of neurons

where sensory information is transmitted by
synapses along the neural pathway and stored
temporarily in short term memory, a volatile
region of the brain that acts like receiving center
for the flag of sensory information we encounter
in our daily lives (Ford 2011).
 Changes in the brain allow for faster, stronger
signaling between neurons as the brain gains new
skills, but the best way to speed up those signals is
to slowly introduce new information to the head
(Stevens 2014).
 2. METACOGNITION

 Theability to control and direct their learning

experience to develop powerful skills that can
directly relate to their academic and career
success.

 Metacognition is the process of thinking about

thinking (LD Online Glossary 2014).
 Metacognition enables students to be more
active in their learning, to mobilize all of their
resources in order to have successful learning
experiences. In order to do this, they must know
how they learn, and be aware of the steps that
are followed and the means that are used to
acquire knowledge, solve problems, and
perform tasks (Perras 2014)