Measure Sound of Pins Dropping
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March 18, 2011 by Louann Brizendine, MD
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believe that unless experience grabs kids, or adults for that matter, as having a searing relevance in their life are discussed in the science curriculum — most students will just tune out. I made this attempt to connect brain science with the experiences of my characters/patients in my book “The Female Brain” and “The Male Brain” — especially look at Chapter Two: Teen Boy Brain.
When I present the science material in classrooms to 13-16 year olds you can hear a pin drop.
That said, many critics have said this isn’t ‘real science’. I disagree, and feel that making a bridge between the laboratory science and real life is the only way to get kids into having a passion about it.
I’d be most interested to hear others’ experiences and approaches.
Louann Brizendine, MD
Louann Brizendine, M.D. is a practicing clinician, best-selling author, public speaker and media commentator who specializes in the relationship dynamics that result from the neurobiology of male and female brains.
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