Every person is born with a brain that is an immensely powerful processor. Traditional educational settings and pedagogic methods often inhibit learning by discouraging, ignoring or punishing the natural learning processes of the brain. Brain-Based Learning is defined as An understanding of learning based on the structure and function of the brain. Learning occurs if the brain is not prohibited from fulfilling its normal processes. Learning engages the entire physiology.
Every brain simultaneously perceives and creates parts and wholes.
Learning involves both focused attention and peripheral perception. Learning always involves conscious and unconscious processes. Learning is enhanced by challenge and inhibited by threat. The way the brain works has a significant impact on the kinds of learning activities that are most effective. We need both to help students have appropriate experiences and to help them capitalize on the experience.