How We Teach This: Season Three
Season 3 of How We Teach This has a wide range of guests and topics including Social Emotional Learning, Brain-based teaching, motivation and inspiring stories from teachers.
Episode 7 - April 13, 2022
Impacting Students Who Are Struggling
Michael McKnight, author and special education expert, describes how education has moved from a time without brain science to now, when there is a better understanding of how trauma affects students who are often labeled difficult. McKnight shares how humans are resilient and the importance of teaching everyone how trauma impacts the brain, then affects behavior and learning. He believes it all starts with a teacher who is calm and regulated, in order for them to respond instead of react to negative situations.
Part 2 of the interview between student, Hailey Kisner, and Michael McKnight delves even deeper into the importance of creating connections with students. He shares that having solid, positive relationships is powerful for teachers. Creating quality relationships is critical to having a successful outcome, especially for students exposed to trauma. He offers specific examples of how teachers can integrate building a relationship into their daily classroom experience.
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