(All the content was taken from www.edutopia.org/richard-davidson-sel-brain-video)Neuroscientist Richard Davidson presents his research on how social and emotional learning can affect the brain." ... social and emotional learning can change brain function and actually brain structure and can produce adaptive emotional and cognitive functioning as a consequence.""Qualities such as patience, calmness, cooperation and kindness should really now best be regarded as skills that can be trained. They are not traits that we are irrevocably given by our early environment or by our genetics but everything we now know about the brain, including down the level of gene expression, indicates that training like social and emotional learning can shape the brain and literally change gene expression in the brain." Great website called Early Childhood Investigations with a lot of interesting Webinars about Early Childhood Education.http://www.earlychildhoodwebinars.com/presentations/ Obama's speech about his plans for Early Childhood Education"How should a major expansion of early childhood education be funded? What should universal early childhood education look like? How can the promise of small-scale demonstration programs be fulfilled at scale? Missing in the debate is an integration of the science of early childhood development and program evaluation research with policy decision. This distinguished panel will present a diversity of opinions from the policy, practice and research perspectives."http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news-impact/2013/04/askwith-forum-politics-and-preschool/ Former Marines, who now work full-time in public schools, will discuss how lessons learned in the Marine Corps might help improve our schools.The United States Marines are well known for being highly effective at their core mission of maintaining a nimble and lethal fighting force. Less discussed are the strategies they use, for instance, transparency about performance and empowering front-line practitioners in a way public school teachers are not in today's educational system.Thursday, April 11, 2013, 5 p.m. Longfellow HallModerator: Andy Rotherham, co founder/partner, Bellwether Education Partners, and columnist, TIMEhttp://www.gse.harvard.edu/news-impact/2013/04/askwith-forum-semper-teaching/ Dewey (1910,34) about the teacher's responsibility:to "keep alive the sacred spark of wonder" NA VOLTA BATEU A CANSEIRA.... DEUS ESCOLHEO PROFESSOR DE CADA CRIANCA Certa de que existe um plano Divino tracadopara cada um de nos, uma vez visualizei Deus escolhendo o professor de cada crianca emsua infinita sabedoria. Uma grande tela mostrava a imagem de cada professor e suascaracteristicas mais marcantes. Sabiamente o Senhor ia separandoos alunos e um anjo anotava todas as decisoes tomadas. - A Sara ira para a professora Claudia,seus pais nao tem condicoes de lhes por limites e essa professora com certeza ofara.E prosseguindo disse: -A Vanessa ira para o professorThiago, pois sua familia atravessa por inumeros conflitos emocionais e esseprofessor tera toda a paciencia de que essa crianca necessita para superar essacrise e progredir.-Apos breve parada continuou: -O Joao e uma crianca especial enecessita de dedicacao e ternura na dose certa, e a professora Maria saberafaze-lo. O anjo que tudo anotava se dirigiua Deus e disse: -Senhor, o Pedro muito me preocupa.Foi abandonado pelos pais e vive com uma tia em condicoes de extrema pobreza epara completar apresenta serios problemas de aprendizagem. E o Senhor quetrazia um sorriso discreto em seus labios respondeu placidamente: -Tenho reservado para essa criancaum professor com caracteristicas muito especiais, pois apesar das