Changes in the brain involve its entire complex and adaptive system. Building intelligence involves finding and building patterns and programs. The brain values meaning over information. Rich, non-conscious learning accepts peripheral influences and processes parts and wholes simultaneously. Brains develop better when people work together, in a society that values intelligence.
Brains follow stages of readiness as they develop.
With complex, sensory stimulation and complex challenges that offer feedback, brains can grow new connections at any age. Rich, stimulating environments allow students to create their own space. Establishing group places facilitates social learning. Links between indoors and outside permit movement and oxygenation. Creating symbols of purpose in public places provides coherence and meaning that boost motivation.