Peter Brown   "Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning"

 

The Glenbard Parent Series: (GPS) Navigating Healthy Families, presents  "Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning" with co-author Peter Brown at 7:00p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, in the auditorium at Glenbard South High School, 23W200 Butterfield Rd. in Glen Ellyn.

In “Make it Stick” cognitive scientists Henry Roediger and Mark McDaniel present groundbreaking new  research that overturns many traditionally-held assumptions about how best to study, teach, and coach. “Make it Stick” has been hailed by The Chronicle of Higher Education as “The single best work on recent findings about the brain and how we learn”.

In this special Glenbard Parent Series presentation, co author Brown will review outline key study strategies and highlight techniques that move knowledge to memory, making for more effective learning.   Illustrated with stories and examples, parents and teens who attend this workshop will leave with real-world tools that can be applied immediately to enhance learning and memory.

More information on the books site: http://www.makeitstick.net/

No advance registration is required for this free event which is open to the public. CPDUs are available for education professionals.

 GPS is generously sponsored by the Cebrin Goodman Center, CASE. the College of DuPage, the DuPage Medical Group and the Trust Company of Illinois.

For information on all GPS programming go to  www.glenbardgps.org or contact Gilda Ross, Glenbard Student and Community Projects Coordinator, at 630-942-7668  or by email gilda_ross@glenbard.org.

Ishmael Beah  “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 

The Glenbard Parent Series:  (GPS) Navigating Healthy Families presents an evening with Ishmael Beah at 7p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28, in the auditorium at Glenbard West, 670 Crescent Blvd. in Glen Ellyn. Mr. Beah is the celebrated author  of  “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier ,” and is a nationally acclaimed speaker and advocate for children affected by war . His memoir is used in many Glenbard English and social studies curricula.

 A former child soldier in Sierra Leone,  Ishmael Beah’s story is riveting , exceptional, and inspiring.  He relates how at the age of 12, he fled from attaching rebels describing how his homeland became unrecognizable through violence.  By 13, he had been picked up by the government army and under its coercive tactics, including the use of drugs, he found himself capable of committing terrible acts.  At 15, Beah was taken to a UNICEF rehabilitation center and later when the civil war hit his country he led to Guinea and eventually to the US.  A graduate of Oberlin College. Mr. Beah has been named  a special UNICEF Ambassador and spoken before the United Nations and the Council on Foreign Relations. Families are encouraged to read this book together and join us when Mr. Beah will offer insights on how control over circumstances affects the human spirit, as well as ways to find one’s purpose in life.

For information on his book:  http://www.alongwaygone.com/

Youtube video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5zWTOxKGWs

No advance registration is required for this free event which is open to the public. CPDUs are available for education professionals.

GPS is generously sponsored by the Cebrin Goodman Center, CASE, the College of DuPage, the DuPage Medical Group and the Trust Company of Illinois.

For information on all GPS programming go to  www.glenbardgps.org or contact Gilda Ross, Glenbard Student and Community Projects Coordinator, at 630-942-7678  and by email gilda_ross@glenbard.org.