Conference Details
Sparking Student and Teacher Creativity
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November 15 and 16, 2012 Thursday & Friday, 8 am - 4 pm Hosted by Cary Academy Cary, North Carolina Conference Schedule Contact us: brainconference@caryacademy.org 919-677-7839 Directions to campus |
Overview
The Southeastern Brain Conference is an annual two day conference on
learning and brain research. It is hosted by Cary Academy, a
national leader in education and a learning community dedicated to
innovation, collaboration, and the purposeful use of technology.
Each year it attracts high school and college educators,
administrators, school counselors, learning specialists, and
educational psychologists. The theme of the 2012 conference is
sparking creativity in students and teachers. Our keynote speakers
will talk about the neuroscience of creativity and how it is
applicable to the classroom.
The Neuroscience of Creativity
Dr. Rex Jung will deliver the keynote
talk on the neuroscience of creativity. Dr. Jung is a leading scientist
in the emerging field of positive neuroscience, the study of
what the brain does well. His groundbreaking research led to the
first model describing a network of brain regions critically
linked in the service of intellectual pursuits, known as the Parieto-Frontal Integration Theory (or “P-FIT”). Over the last
several years, he has turned his attention to the manifestation
of creativity in the brain—a cognitive capacity perhaps
critically dependent upon, yet distinctly different, from
intelligence.
The author of over 50 scientific publications, Jung’s research
has been widely featured in popular media outlets including CNN,
BBC, Psychology
Today, New
Scientist, The
New York Times, and Newsweek.
A clinical neuropsychologist by training, Jung is an assistant
professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of
New Mexico Health Sciences Center.
Creative, Collaborative, and Critical Thinking in the Classroom
Garfield Gini-Newman will deliver
the keynote talk on how to nurture creative, collaborative and
critical inquiry in the classroom. As Senior Lecturer at OISE/University of Toronto and a senior
national consultant with The Critical Thinking Consortium,
Garfield has worked with thousands of teachers across grades and
subjects, helping them to frame learning around engaging and
provocative activities and authentic assessments. Garfield’s
work with educators often has a transformative impact on
teaching and learning. Garfield’s five years as a curriculum
consultant with the York Region District School Board and his 15
years of teaching experience prepared him well for working with
teachers in a manner that is engaging and practical.
In addition to his work at
the University of Toronto and delivering workshops, Garfield has
also authored seven textbooks and has taught in the faculties of
education at York University and the University of British
Columbia.
