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Visual Teaching Strategies

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Consider that 65% of the population are visual learners and 90% of the information that comes to the brain is visual. The brain processes images 60,000 times faster than text.

Emphasis will be on how a variety of visual aids in the classroom will improve learning up to 400%. The focus of this course is to understand and apply the visual teaching template in all instructional areas to benefit all learners and to meet and visually impact the challenges of the performance indicators for Education Yes!




Content  

  • Adapting instruction to visually engage the diverse needs found in mixed-ability classrooms
  • Hands-on activities using Visual Mind Mapping, Visual Links and Visual Journals
  • Incorporating imagery in lessons using the Six Methods of Visual Learning
  • Increasing visual awareness through encoding/decoding skills
  • Integration of brain-compatible strategies
  • Performance indicators for Education Yes! standards, benchmarks and key characteristics at all levels and instructional areas
  • Applying deBono's Six Thinking Hats in the classroom

Instructor
Gloria C. Rzadko-Henry, MA - biography

Brochure

Visual Teaching Strategies  [PDF]

Bring this dynamic course to your location
Contact Susan Martino for available dates and enrollment requirements. 

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School of Education and Human Services
(248) 370-4415 phone  |   (248) 370-3137 fax
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