Three Chairs a Table and a Lamp

Presents a teacher training video shot on location in North Wales that analyses behaviours observed in everyday classroom situations. This title explains what drives the behaviours involved and provides practical strategies to manage the behaviours effectively in the classroom.

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IG: Well I'd gone to a lot of schools, working with a lot of teachers on helping them to improve learning in the classroom, accelerated learning, motivation etc, and I just felt that the more they knew about the brain, the better built they would be, to do the job that they do. The nineties was the decade of the brain. We've learnt more about the brain in the past ten to fifteen years than we have at any other point. If teachers knew about the brain, it would make it easier for them to do a better job in the classroom, and with learning. So ok, I need to learn about the brain myself. This is where Andrew came in. AC: Well I'd been talking to schools about the neurochemistry and the neuroanatomy of the brain, and how we can look at that in terms of learning and improving things such as the classroom environment. Ian and I seem to have a good collaboration, in that he was a teacher with experience, and I am a neuroscientist. We thought, let's get together and make this thing work!
MS: Which is where I came in, in terms of doing the research, going into schools, collecting data, information and material, so that we could say, this is what happens in a classroom, but it could be any classroom, anywhere. AC: Effectively what we're doing is up-to-date, what teachers actually want to know, not what we're imagining they want to know IG: Well, I've got plenty of material, so why don't we sit down and let's start! AC: Sounds good to me! "Three Chairs, a Table and a Lamp" is a unique teacher training tool which uses research from everyday classroom situations, a consultant neurologist explains the behaviours involved and an experienced teacher and educationalist uses the behaviours to provide practical strategies to effectively manage the classroom.