“Profound Levels of Learning” Through Brain-Based Teaching: A Tribute to Roland Barth

Abstract

This article is a tribute to the writings of Dr. Roland Barth through a personal story spanning over two decades. It explores Dr. Barth's personal vision of an effective school through recent brain-based principles. It revisits Barth's axioms and uses recent implications from the neurosciences as new supporting evidence for their success in helping students and their teachers reach profound levels of learning in the classroom and in staff development experiences.

Key words:

• administration and supervision
• Barth
• brain-based learning
• curriculum and instruction
• professional development