Uncommon Sense Teaching Part 2: Building Community
This course is part of Uncommon Sense Teaching Specialization.
This innovative course from Deep Teaching Solutions explores neuroscience-backed teaching strategies to help educators connect with diverse learners and build effective learning communities. Discover the hidden strengths of neurodiversity including dyslexia, ADHD, autism, and other learning-related syndromes, learning how to nurture these students' unique ways of learning rather than forcing conformity. Master how to use habits formed by the procedural system for effective classroom management and understand the judicious use of rewards to motivate students without de-motivating them. Explore the neuroscience of motivation, stress, and the role of dopamine in learning, while learning practical strategies to help students overcome stress and change behavior. The course covers declarative and procedural learning pathways, teaching you how to reach both systems effectively for faster, more durable learning. Dive into critical thinking from a neuroscientific perspective, understanding why it's difficult and how to help students develop intellectual humility. Learn to identify and avoid educational fads while creating powerful lesson plans that maximize student engagement and learning outcomes. This practical course weaves cutting-edge neuroscience insights with real classroom experiences, suitable for teachers of any subject from K-12 to university, business, vocational, or home education.
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What you'll learn
Understand the hidden strengths of neurodiversity and how to support diverse learners
Use habits formed by the procedural system to improve classroom management
Apply neuroscience insights about motivation, dopamine, and stress in teaching
Teach to both declarative and procedural learning pathways effectively
Develop critical thinking skills in students using neuroscientific approaches
Recognize and overcome biases and fixed mindsets in teaching
Skills you'll gain
This course includes:
327 Minutes PreRecorded video
8 assignments,1 peer review
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There are 4 modules in this course
This course delves deeply into neuroscience-based teaching strategies for building learning communities and effective classroom habits. Students explore motivation, stress management, and the neuroscience of behavior change, including the role of dopamine and the amygdala in learning. The curriculum covers the procedural and declarative learning systems, teaching how to leverage both pathways for optimal student outcomes and streamlined classroom management through habit formation. Learners examine critical thinking from a neuroscientific perspective, exploring intellectual humility, biases, and fixed mindsets that affect both students and educators. The course features comprehensive coverage of neurodiversity including dyslexia, ADHD, and autism spectrum, providing strategies to support diverse learners effectively. The final module focuses on powerful lesson planning techniques with templates and frameworks for creating engaging, objective-focused lessons. Throughout the course, educators learn to avoid educational fads, use rewards judiciously, understand the value of forgetting in learning, and develop practical classroom strategies grounded in neuroscience research.
Motivation and Stress
Module 1 · 1 Weeks to complete
Procedural Learning and Classroom Habits
Module 2 · 1 Weeks to complete
Critical Thinking and Intellectual Humility
Module 3 · 1 Weeks to complete
Neurodiversity and Lesson Planning
Module 4 · 1 Weeks to complete
Fee Structure
Individual course purchase is not available - to enroll in this course with a certificate, you need to purchase the complete Professional Certificate Course. For enrollment and detailed fee structure, visit the following: Uncommon Sense Teaching Specialization
Instructors
Renowned Educator, Author, and Innovation Leader
Barbara Oakley, PhD, PE, is a Professor of Engineering at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, and Coursera’s first “Innovation Instructor.” Her research explores the intricate connections between neuroscience and social behavior and has been described as "revolutionary" by the Wall Street Journal. Dr. Oakley has published in prestigious outlets, including the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. She has received multiple national teaching awards, including the American Society of Engineering Education’s Chester F. Carlson Award for technical innovation in engineering education.
Francis Crick Professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Terrence Sejnowski is a pioneering figure in computational neuroscience, dedicated to uncovering the principles that connect brain activity to behavior. His laboratory employs experimental and modeling techniques to investigate the biophysical properties of synapses and neurons, as well as the population dynamics within large neural networks. He has developed innovative computational models and analytical tools to explore how the brain represents information and how new representations emerge through learning algorithms that modify synaptic strengths.
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