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Janet Zadina on Adolescent Brain Development and Classroom Strategies

Focusing on Adolescent Characteristics (Part I): The Survival Instinct and Brain Development, Adolescent Characteristics (Part II): The Social Nature of the Brain and the Role of Emotion, and Multiple Methods for Learning and Assessment, three new professional learning activities feature Dr. Janet Zadina.

• In Adolescent Characteristics (Part I): The Survival Instinct and Brain Development, the first of two presentations on adolescent characteristics, Dr. Zadina discusses the importance of survival, attention and the reward pathway in adolescent brain development.
• Dr. Zadina continues her discussion on adolescent characteristics in her third presentation, Adolescent Characteristics (Part II): The Social Nature of the Brain and the Role of Emotion, exploring the importance of engaging students in meaningful ways.
• Multiple Methods for Learning and Assessment, the fourth presentation in Dr. Zadina’s series, looks at finding students’ strengths and passions. In it, she discusses the importance of providing multiple opportunities for students to demonstrate their understanding of material.

Designed specifically for California’s middle grade educators, the TCSII Get Into the Act! Professional Learning Series features respected experts sharing research-based strategies on a variety of topics geared to enhancing excellence in middle grades.

To access all of Dr. Zadina’s presentations, go to the Dr. Janet Zadina's Professional Learning Index on TCSII.

Other series presenters include Dr. Douglas Reeves, national expert and speaker on education topics and founder of the Leadership and Learning Center, and Dr. Kate Kinsella, San Francisco State University faculty member and a former Fulbright lecturer in teaching English as a second language.

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