How To Begin Whole Brain Teaching: 1
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- Part one: In a middle school classroom, Chris Biffle demonstrates how to start Whole Brain Teaching (WBT). WBT videos, formerly known as Power Teaching, have received over 1,000,000 views on the Internet. 1000s of pages of free downloads are available at WholeBrainTeaching.com. For information about a conference in your area, email Chris Biffle at CBiffle@AOL.com
To everyone saying this is BAD, its ROTE memorization, BRAINWASHING, etc... you obviously have NOT looked into the entirety of WBT! This is simply teaching rules to a class! In a MUCH more engaging way than teachers normally teach rules! There is an entire academic portion of WBT that promotes higher level thinking and engagement in learning! It also helps students to take responsibility for their own learning. This has been AN AMAZING tool in my classroom and the difference I have seen in my students both behaviorally and academically is overwhelming! If you are going to judge something, at least know what you are judging.
Prof Biffle, I took you as a freshman at Crafton Hills in Phil 101 and was given the assignment as a Graduate in educational studies to watch your video. I just wanted to say that I still remember the majority of the philosophers you taught us and I plan on using your method in my own classroom once I am finished with everything! keep up the good work!!
I find this far from revolting!!! This keeps the students engage and active. It promotes teacher-student instruction as well as peer instruction. There was was no scolding but constant opportunities to receive rewards for performance. It plays on group learning and and individual learning. Learning is provided through multiple techniques to reach all the students needs. I am a big supporter of brain based learning. Please put up more video teaching brain based learning.
Thanx so much!!!
I think building a community is more important in the classroom, but I do like the "mirror" and "teach" to help keep them engaged and teach their friends. I like to see the children working together as partners. We also do cheers in our classroom, the children love it. What a great way to praise!
This method perfectly fits my style. I don't like for classrooms to be silent all the time. When kids can be kids they are more receptive. As a teacher of middle schoolers, the things that they mostly get in trouble for include the following:
1. Stop Talking.
2. Stop laughing.
3. You're too loud.
4. Stay still.
The problem with this: most adolescent students are talkative, silly, loud, and fidgety. The kids under this method get to have an outlet for their developmental tendencies during class, decreasing the likelihood of behavior issues while increasing the likelihood of content retention.
This is golden for middle schoolers. LOL
This has worked great with my students who previously didn't want to be in class where I teach overseas. The whole class hour is not doing this. We do it for the first 10 min. and incorporate it into teaching the subjects we are on. The teens Love it. On the days that we don't do it they are disappointed.
Honestly, whole brain teaching is fantastic! Before children can think critically for themselves they must be taught the basics which require a lot of memorization. if a student isn't proficient in what they have taught and what has already been discovered they have no power to change the world for the better. This approach to teaching involves every student to be engaged and give the information they have learned to another person.
The way students learn is not based on their IQ, there are no smart or dumb students. There is a certain amount of repetitions needed to create memory for information in the brain. Some students need many repetitions while others need fewer. Each time the teacher speaks and introduces content, the student hears it. Next the student hears it from their peer and so on and so fortb. This teaching strategy is directly linked to mastery in subjects which translate to well educated children, who then can use that information to push forward technology, medicine, and be anyone they want to be.
Why would you ever send someone to a foreign country without any contacts, not knowing the language? Whole Brain Teaching, is just that.. it is teaching the whole brain, creating those memories and moving them into the long term. I personally believe it is a fantastic way to learn and facilitates greater growth over time for students.
This is my first exposure to Whole brain teaching. It appears to be highly engaging which is right up my alley. I am going to take a closer look.
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Dr. Biffle is teaching the responses that keep the students engaged, the scoreboard, and the rules. It is to show them (and YOU) the framework. It is not teaching content. I have been doing WBT for four years and the kids enjoy my music classes so much more than the previous 20 years. There is plenty of room for creativity, individual responses, teamwork and joyful fun. The key is constant variation and competition, preventing habituation and boredom. Our school's most creative teacher uses WBT.
Glad to hear from a fellow music teacher. I'd like to use this in my classes and actually naturally have done some. Would you say the rules and scoreboard are good starters until I feel more confident to take on more?
As a teacher who has tried it (I only watched free videos and invested no money into the program.), I will say that this can be a GREAT tool to manage a classroom. The kids enjoy it and despite the chaos, they actually learned the rules. I have incoporated hand gestures into the teaching of certain Literary Elements and it seemed to help my students. I am not very creative and could stand to see how other teachers incorporate it into actual lessons.
I am teaching high school Math and this method helps me regain students attention when things get boring. Like saying "class" in different ways. Then the "teaching your partner method" makes most of them engaged in solving the problem. This method is more on classroom management. And I have various ways of applying this method. It's really effective.
Just like others have pointed out, you wouldn't do this the whole period, and you wouldn't do it for every lesson. Teaching is all about mixing up strategies. For those of you who criticize, try actually being a teacher. And for ELLs, yes, this works quite well because the students reteaching one another after the teacher models the concept. Again, one wouldn't use this everyday and for every lesson.
I agree. I see two downsides though...1) not sure how well this would work in an ESL/EFL setting. I think it WOULD work (actually it resembles TPR), but I'm not sure how effective it would be because of the language barrier...also, not sure how to set it up for ELLs. 2) This method is TOTALLY geared for extroverts. I have a feeling that introverts would feel EXHAUSTED by this.
I'm from Turkey. I've been using WBT in ESL classes for 3 years. I used in grade 2,3,5,6 and even 7. I mostly use teach- Ok part because it helps me lower "Teacher Talk" time. I use time more efficiently. It keeps students active during the lesson. I also agree that this technique is not enough by itself. You should have debutes, learning centers and projects to inquire.. Instead of arguing about whether it is best or not. We should get benefit from all good techniques.. Cheers.. and I would like to thank Dr. Gloria Kauffman to introduce this technique to me.
this is excellent for making robots! I see a one-way information direction from "teacher" to the "student" but true learning does not come from an outside source, but internally. It cannot be force-fed, but sought out by personal inquiry. These are the kind of kids that grow up to work very well for 'the man', except that they need someone to tell them what to do at all times and have no capacity to think around something and problem solve on their own. This is already a major issue in the workforce today, and it will grow even more with furthering of ADD one-direction teaching vs independent learning (which has been the way all the great thinkers throughout history have learned). This is simply the passing of ideas from one to another, but we need people who can come up with NEW ideas, think out of the box and ask questions nobody else asks to solve the problems that nobody else can solve.
As a High School Student I warn you, DO NOT TRY THIS ON MIDDLE SCHOOLERS. They will get VERY Annoyed. Any Student will agree with me
gonna use this in my future classroom! Thank you for sharing.
Dear Mr Chris Biffle , your method is very interesting . I found it very useful in my class. THANKS !!!
this is good activity for prepare the class.I am Thai teacher. Thank you for your technique.
I'm glad to see Thai Teacher interested in WBT. Are you using WBT in your class right now?
You would be surprised. It is fun. the kids are having fun with it and so is the teacher. As teachers we need to have a large repertoire to engage students. My experience is that they really enjoy it.
I love this system. I have the students recite the class rules after each break and/or at the top of each hour and I rarely have problems with keeping them engaged/staying on task. INTRODUCING the method takes some time, but once the students get the hang of it, it saves so much of my class time.
I'm starting this at school and it's great! I think this will provide maximum efficiency.
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I'll see how this works with my Kinders! I may have to do one a day at the Beginning of Year!
I can understand that. It could even be sensible for early learning in pre-k's and elementary schools.
I beg to differ. i did this with my classes -- ALL of them -- and they got it. It is fun to copy your teacher, to do something different. I teach over 750 kids and they all got it.
Only lasted 3 minutes before I had a headache. As an introvert, this is pure hell.
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You are not a teacher then. lol!
You're a teacher and an introvert?
I'm an introvert who teaches middle school. I think this is genius. Lol
I am a pure introvert and whole brain teaching is the ONLY way I will ever teach! I think it's designed for teachers who hate being bored and behavior issues. (Me!)
we did these here in the philippines and its great..effective..
Wow. A call-and-response teaching method.
@melissagiglio I appreciate your response but I'm still missing the point. Seeing&hearing something is not enough (and this goes for a lot of other teaching styles as well) - THINKING is what's important. I have a bit of a bad memory, therefore I don't remember a lot of facts and formulas from past math, science, and history classes - stuff we heard, wrote down, and practiced. I remember only big ideas&concepts, the bases of stuff that we had to conclude on our own after receiving information.
Though I liked that way, It took me away from the activities which show individual skills . I tried it partially with the silent way techniques to reduce that chorus work in my classroom. Still I need more time to try it more in different situations and lesson steps .
this is great! i learned the class rules and my memory sucks! individuality is great for art class but to make sure everyone is paying attention and receiving the lesson in one sitting is awesome. i think it would help to identify those students that are struggling with understanding the information taught. i sit in classrooms where there is no self control from the students and no classroom management by the teachers... i'll take "brainwashed learning children" over wild and not learning NE day
thank you for clearing that up! I am a avid believer in whole brain thinking, as it accommodates students that have different learning styles. Unfortunately, in my experience, most of my teachers did not embrace whole brain thinking, save only a few. They favored the logical mathematical learner and hassle me for not fitting in to their box
I teach High school chemistry, I like what I saw. How much can be implemented at the high school level is yet to be seen. Having students reteach concepts will help them remembering, I will give it a try to see how teens react to repeating and all the sign language behind it.
this is cool. I wonder what happens on a normal day...
These are the basic rules. I love this for direct instruction or for review sessions. Once I'm ready to move into collaboration I move to Kagan strategies. This helps me with classroom management.
I'll say this is impressive. If what we want for children is to conform, not think for themselves, not collaborate, obey and be submissive. It's very impressive if that's what you want in education.
***** I've been working in education for 12 years. I study, have written about, and do educational consultation with schools on innovative and progressive educational styles. In fact, I show snippets of this video to schools and they are equally shocked. We all have choices as teachers. This style meets certain goals and it does it very well. It misses the mark entirely, however, on creating an atmosphere that prepare children to solve problems like global warming, war, poverty, the income gap, etc. For that we need creative problem-solvers who know how to collaborate and share dissenting opinions. This kind of teaching doesn't do that. Cheers to you.
***** Sorry, let me clarify. I have taught for 12 years, and have now been working outside of the classroom. There isn't enough data to support the claim of whether progressive educational styles are working or not, because the models of education we see in our public systems are not progressive by any means. I don't hurl comments about your capabilities nor about the validity of your opinions, so I won't go there. I promote peace and empathy in my personal life as well. But I would say that I agree with you in that there has been very harmful policies put into place guided by misguided educational research. That doesn't mean that we need to stop doing research, or go back to failed practices. The fact of the matter is, we haven't seen innovation in our educational model for centuries.
Yes! That's exactly what I want! Obey me, now!!! lol lol
Soobin Oh Thank you for your comments, and the clear expression of your concern about the long-term effects of our teaching approaches. I couldn't agree with you more. Please keep up your important work.
+Soobin Oh I do not agree that it should be completely disregarded; for capturing learners attention, especially those with ADHD I think it is a useful tool. there are other WBT resources which show how this technique can be used to promote critical thinking so before you go bashing the concept because you feel it is behaviouristic I think you need to compile empirical research to disqualify its effectiveness. PCK is comprised of various factors and as a researcher and consultant I am sure you are fully aware of this so I find your comment rather short-sighted.
OMG I love it!!! Can not wait to use this in my room this year!!!
@NCWBTeacher - I have used this method of teaching very successfully with five year olds. They don't need to understand it because it is fun for them. :)
Clearly the kids were very enthusiastic about performing for a video and about the prospect of seeing themselves on You Tube. While this method does appear to have merit, how does one implement it on a daily basis without the "carrot" of potential celebrity for the students?
This message is to those who commented against whole brain teaching: have you taken into consideration how discipline and quickly they've learned. I say, whatever it takes to make these kids learn. Once again for the student to learn. Let us not forget, we all come from different backgrounds and different learning styles that do not apply to a diverse nation. Do not deprive them with what works. Did I mention that I am from a minority group.
Whole brain teaching seems to keep the students engaged throughout the class and students never get bored. However, the question is, Doesn't this technique promote rote learning and discourage critical thinking? There may be many supporters of WBT, even they were not exposed to such teaching during their acquisition of education. However, bashing the concept before it has given the benefits, which it might offer in the long run, is also not justified. But, what if it doesn't bring in the benefits that we wish for in the sphere of creativity.
funny video
I reckon it's like so many pedagogical techniques - it's best used in combination with a range of other techniques. There will be times when HBT will be highly appropriate - e.g. repeating back the class rules, or rope learning structures in writing. Other times more open ended questions might be of better use.
I would hope no lesson consists of just one teaching method…
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Interesting and sort of more like a game. I see how there is a mix of positive affirmations in there which I like. Honestly, why not just teach this with tai kwon do or martial arts (standing movements) instead? I could see this as a warm up in the day and getting kids connected with each other/teachers. Has some potential as a motivator but not as classroom management.
This is an amzing education, that can end up brainwashing, but it does integrate the whole brain, this is important! What do you out there here think that this should be used for?
@edwin44444 - People tend to underestimate at-risk kids which is why at-risk kids misbehave. They perform to the level that they are expected to perform. If you expect them to act a fool, they'll act a fool. If you expect them to achieve, they will achieve. And in my experience the kids tend to find this sort of classroom experience to be really fun, which helps them stick with it.
amazing...can't wait to try it
I like this method of teaching
Plenty of professionals don't respond on CZcams. But the program and the info to learn it is all free at the wholebrain website
A couple of thoughts.
If this were every lesson then I think there might be some issues. I considered the point regarding talking and listening and thought it was well made and has merit. I think that we are seeing an Adult being playful in the classroom and kids engaging with him.
I have a concern with the belief that playful educating is wrong after kinder or primary school. Play is one of the most important ways which we engage in learning. My company works with people of all ages and we use play successfully all the time. HR have called it team building but it is basically play. To those folk who imagine that after primary years (11) kids should give it up and expect to behave like adults without the adult freedoms I have to tell you, this has been proven to lead to all sorts of problems.
I think the comment about being degrading is a little out of left field. Kids tend to disengage very quickly if they feel the person working with them is being inauthentic. This is the crux of the issue I think, not every educator could be comfortable using this particular strategy and students sense that and react to it. To recommend this to every teacher would be ill-considered. This is my first experience of a class taught for this length of time in this way but if this establishes rules in a playful manner, if it engages and it clearly is and if it establishes a healthy relationship and sense of belonging- which it does in this clip then perhaps our knee jerk reactions are not our best and a more critical appraisal may yield better results. I would be concerned if the students hadn't had permission to be shown on the Tube or if every lesson followed this format. Inviting another educator into your classroom is tough for some of us- as is trying new methods of teaching, inviting the world into your classroom is a big step. Thank you for sharing this Chris.
I like this and want to figure out how to teach reading and writing using interactvie methods. This keeps kids and even adults active and is more useful than dry studious methods. Who invented this?
I just love this!
Very interesting. This may seem like a very basic question but what incentive do students have to participate? In my room I have 6 that are consistently refusing to engage and are dissuading others.
How would you implement this on actually teaching a subject, though? --Edit: Nevermind, I just got the whole point of the routine. =P
Thank for the amazing video
@britoin I think he's saying "tech-time" which I interpret to mean, time to play on whatever "brain in a box" is in vogue this week.
This is amazing. Thank you for sharing your techniques for free. Do you have an account one can make donations to?
it so inspires me, it's amazing
Thanks dr.chris that is v.useful
Have you ever tried any of these techniques? I thought what you did until I tired. My second graders caught on like pros.
this is awesome
I think this works better in a younger children setting. Middle school is too old, imo, for this >.<
Plus they have no emotion (i.e. the ways they say "Ahh~" sound the same), they just act like drones with the teacher as the master. The noise would also cause problems, especially to next door classes!
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WBT was developed for a college level classroom.
Omg they do this at my school,I always have a headache, it's so dumb
I like the idea of getting the kids to "teach"--but I prefer "A TO B Teach" or "B to A teach". Otherwise both are talking and noone is teaching.
Summed up my thoughts exactly. This method is supposed to promote dialogic communication but it just appears that they are both talking at the same time. I'm really not sure about it. I teach ESL to young learners and have a colleague who uses this with young Thai learners of English at a very low level. I think they have fun but I'm not sure exactly how much they are getting out of it. His classroom management is excellent though and his kids get good grades so their parents are happy. I'm just not sure about it overall though.
awesome!!!!
wow! amaing!!!
Yea usually you're just quiet and copying notes...how is that any better or keeping them engaged?
Obviously, you wouldn't teach everything in this way. But you have vary the techniques in a way that fosters student learning and also creativity. You could model the technique and then you can have students use it in their own groups and they can make new gestures or speaking and responding. I'm not sure about the origin of WBT, but it looks similar to TPR (Total Physical Response) to me.
Can't believe the negative comments left here! Everyone is entitled to an opinion but if you do some research on this you can see the results. Watch some of the Kindergarten triple whammy paragraph videos. It works! BTW most of the conferences and helpful materials are FREE so he does not make a killing off of WBT!
Utopic, an utopic class, this is not the reality indeed
The kids looks like they having fun ... what is wbt suppose to achieve? And does it work?
right now they are learning the rules, I assume they go into actual topics once they know what is expected of them...
Middle School is so intimidating for me to teach. :/
nice
This seems like too much stimulation. I guess it is helping some students. What would you do to help kids that don't like this technique?
I have had every kind of learner . If they are uncomfortable in the beginning, they eventually come around in a couple days. It's important to lets introverts ease into it. This is the best classroom management strategy out there for urban students. I love it!
When kids start learning throughout the day with motions and repetition....the engagement gets a lot deeper. The expectations are clear, and many kids encourage one another with it. This video is intense because its the intro. This is not the class every second of the day. ;)
K-5 music at a Title I school
Some people saying this is scary are missing the point. It's not a mind-control technique; it's group management. If you want people on task for a significant duration of time, you need to have the whole group's attention. The 'dear teacher happy' is an ironic inclusion, and anyone with half a brain would see the underlying humor in it. This is not indoctrination; it's simply getting a group on task. Any tool used incorrectly is dangerous. In the right hands, this can be effective.
How contorted we want to get because we can no longer teach the kids the traditional ways?
My teacher does this... everyone dislikes her.
Can someone tell me how we can use WBT in esl classrooms ?
Where can I get trained to learn and teach this? :O
It gives me a headache....
Every teachers knows they have to get a feel for their class before they implement power teaching. It won't work for every class just like other teaching strategies.
i've seen a few comments, but would this be effective in a title one school?
what is tack time ? (on around 5:30)
Meanwhile back at Hartsdown Academy in Margate, Kent, UK ... Police are called to school gates as parents protest after 'Gestapo' headmaster sends home SIXTY children for not wearing the right uniform.
Clothing more important than lessons!
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3775968/Police-called-school-sends-FIFTY-children-home-day-term-weren-t-wearing-right-uniform.html#ixzz4JmahvBwc
This is not whole brain teaching. It looks as if he is teaching robots or puppets instead of whole. Rain teaching. This is about repetition without students thinking fir themselves. Students need to learn about real life. Are they going to repeat every they hear from their parents, neighbors, friends, relatives, or television?
What grade do you teach?
This is not for me, is that a bad thing! ? !
this is ridiculous....where's the video of day 57 where they're still doing this?
I've taught 7 years and have used whole brain every single day of those years. At the end of the year, whole brain is my saving grace!!
Lol. It's not that serious.
Umm no thank you.
This is just bullshit. Students are treated like parrots; they're just repeating the rules after the teacher without any level of cognitive engagement. At this age, students need to learn how to responsible for their actions in class; therefore, they should be a part of the process of setting the class rules. Dictating rules without discussing them and understanding why they are significant is just a waste of time.
This is an idea. I am amazed at the negative comments! This keeps students engaged and they are totally involved in the lesson. Some basic rules of any concept must be memorized. Get over the fact that memorization is bad.
Every idea for teaching is one more arrow in your quiver to be able to help any and all students hit the target of success. Every idea can be modified for your teaching style in your classroom. NEVER limit your intake of ideas for teaching. If you do, you will be a very boring teacher. If you teach the exact same way every year, you will be a very boring teacher. I taught ESL in the elementary school for 30 years and every year got better and better. All my students KNEW that I loved them and they followed me academically where ever I led them.
I used this 'contest between teacher and the class my last 2 years and never had such quality learning time from my students. They (3rd to 5 th graders) would stand outside my classroom and reprimand each other for not paying attention. They learned so much those last two years because they were totally engaged in the lesson.
This is just the start and the structure. Once the students have the structure, deep engagement can begin. Is this the only video you watched?
This is demeaning and painful to watch. How would any adults like to be treated this way in the work place? No, it would be considered offensively belittling.
Omg! Is this guy serious? Sounds like boot camp! 👎👎👎👎👎👎
Bull shit. U r not training lion.
Very bad performance
I disliked this video
I hate this
the earth is flat.
This is bad
Honestly, whole brain teaching is fantastic! Before children can think critically for themselves they must be taught the basics which require a lot of memorization. if a student isn't proficient in what they have taught and what has already been discovered they have no power to change the world for the better. This approach to teaching involves every student to be engaged and give the information they have learned to another person.
The way students learn is not based on their IQ, there are no smart or dumb students. There is a certain amount of repetitions needed to create memory for information in the brain. Some students need many repetitions while others need fewer. Each time the teacher speaks and introduces content, the student hears it. Next the student hears it from their peer and so on and so fortb. This teaching strategy is directly linked to mastery in subjects which translate to well educated children, who then can use that information to push forward technology, medicine, and be anyone they want to be.
Why would you ever send someone to a foreign country without any contacts, not knowing the language? Whole Brain Teaching, is just that.. it is teaching the whole brain, creating those memories and moving them into the long term. I personally believe it is a fantastic way to learn and facilitates greater growth over time for students.
And how many children have your raised?