Event Title
Keynote No. 2: Constructing Crucial Connections: Let Brain Science School Your Classroom
Start Date
21-6-2019 12:30 PM
Description
Sustained learning takes place in classrooms designed to address the needs and realities of the human brain. How can we apply this tenant to mentoring young, virtue-driven disciples? With character development and community building as filters, we'll unpack a few key discoveries gleaned from adolescent brain research and evolutionary psychology. Expect to take home robust strategies designed to refine your classroom's culture and press it more effectively into the service of disciple building!
Keynote No. 2: Constructing Crucial Connections: Let Brain Science School Your Classroom
Sustained learning takes place in classrooms designed to address the needs and realities of the human brain. How can we apply this tenant to mentoring young, virtue-driven disciples? With character development and community building as filters, we'll unpack a few key discoveries gleaned from adolescent brain research and evolutionary psychology. Expect to take home robust strategies designed to refine your classroom's culture and press it more effectively into the service of disciple building!
Comments
Author and consultant Peg Dubrowski taught in the Archdiocese of St. Louis for 25 years. Her roles have included Director of Faith Formation; Theology, Psychology, and Performing Arts teacher; Campus Minster; Middle School Advisory Coordinator.
In 2013, Dubrowski left the classroom for the world of motivational writing and speaking, targeting the nascent faith lives of the iGeneration. Her book Following Jesus on the Path: A Catholic Teen’s Guide to Life-Altering Faith and accompanying program resources were published in 2015.
Dubrowski holds a master's in Theological Studies from St. Louis University and a bachelor's in Religious Studies from the University of Dayton. She has also completed 40 post-graduate hours in educational counseling.