Brain-centric Design

Kieran O'Mahony details the history of the Cognitive Learning Science pedagogic model of Brain-centric Design, and why it is changing the way people think, learn and educate another. Kieran's journey of discovery is now changing the way we acquire and apply knowledge & skills in K-12 schools and corporate learning environments.

Brain-centric Design owes much to the scientists who, in the 1950s, were aware that the preeminent philosophy underpinning learning and learning systems (behaviorism with a capital B) was not living up to multidimensional claims and, in effect, was an outdated modality for engaging brain and human cognition.

There is a new way to learn.

Twenty-first Century learners will be based in cognition, required to have adaptive expertise as well as a growth mindset. The problem is K-12 and business learning still us a model of learning that continues to not deliver the learners they need.

Brain-centric Design's Kieran O'Mahony outlines the BcD framework and its culmination of decades of science and research distilled into a simple easy-to-use method. The processes and practices articulated in this podcast have evolved over time from many interweaving fields of literature and research. In this way, the end product stems from a breadth and depth of visionary scientific endeavors and outcomes.

Without the major contributions of researchers and innovators within many boundary-crossing disciplines, BcD and its connection with modern understanding of how the learning brain works would be nowhere close to where they are today.

Kieran O’Mahony, PhD, is a Learning Scientist in Cognitive Neuroscience. He’s mapped and scientifically demonstrated how the brain accepts – that’s important – information, and how learners' brains love to learn.

Today’s most high-value work is cognitive in nature. This means, if you’re a thinker, you’re more valuable. The problem is, you’ve never been taught to think. You’ve only been told to think.

Dr. O'Mahony outlines the rewards for the business, the workers, how it's done (in a matter of days!) and what to expect.

Innovative companies are recognizing these 21st-Century Learning skills and benefitting from immense savings across the enterprise. They’re adapting their culture to learner-centric frameworks that not only make it safe to learn, they become fun and rewarding for all.

Science looks at labeling and stratification and sees dangers defined as limiting the learner and the facilitator. As we at Brain-centric Design like to say; Diversity Of Learning...placing the value on thoughts and experiences around a concept and discussing that paradigm after multiple perspectives have been presented to the learner, perspectives that attach to each lobe of the brain, to assure cognitive rehearsal and that chance to report out those findings to another.

Fernando Salvetti, founder of e-REAL (www.e-real.net) and Logosnet (www.logosnet.org). Advanced Simulation. Enhanced, Virtual and Augmented Reality. Cognitive Aids by Artificial Intelligence. Visual Thinking. New Media in Education. Communication of Science and Technology. Cross-Cultural and Contextual Intelligence. Interactive and Immersive Learning. Behavioral, Cognitive and Meta-Cognitive Skills Empowerment.

With Brain-centric Design, the new 3Rs—Reflect, Revised Thinking, and Report Out—define processes and practices that change that original and outdated paradigm. Paradoxical and delightful outcomes emerge. Even though the focus is not on reading, writing, or arithmetic, these same proficiencies improve, along with a learner’s capacity to grow intellectually, socially, and emotionally. The simple measure of connecting neuroscience with teaching and learning invokes a paradigm shift in attitude, mental models, and intention for both the teacher and the learner.