How to Arrange a Classroom for Skill Practice Without Disrupting Learning
Classroom skill practice may involve a small-group language experience, a demonstration, fine-motor work or another focused activity. Before changing furniture, it helps to consider the wider learning environment and how the practice area fits within it. Skill practice becomes easier when educators first define what children need to do. Is the activity individual or collaborative? […]
From Brain-SET Training to Lasting Environmental Change: Why Implementation Matters
Why Brain-SET Training Is Designed to Go Beyond a Workshop Brain-SET training is designed around a simple problem: knowing an idea and changing practice are not the same thing. An inspiring professional development session can introduce new thinking, but lasting environmental change requires educators to apply ideas in their own context, observe what happens and […]
What Influenced the Brain-SET Environments Formula®? Theories, Research and Practice Behind the Approach
Brain-SET Did Not Come From One Theory Brain-SET Environments Formula® was developed by Dr Kathryn Murray through more than 40 years in education. Its foundations draw from a wide range of research, theories and approaches rather than one educational philosophy. That breadth is important because children and learning environments are complex. No single theory explains […]