Neuroscience meets public education
I'm a middle school, public school teacher (science :) ) and I just listened to your podcast with Jordan Peterson and it has provoked many a question in my mind. It's apparent to most of our world that America's public school system is in dire need of reform, not unrelated to the mirroring of challenges faced within low socio-economic communities. In thinking about *how* these systems could improve to help student engagement and thus learning, I'm curious.... what WOULD need to change from your perspective? How can a school can change it's structures to better meet the needs of it's students? I'm thinking: smaller school/classroom sizes, more intimately connected groups of teachers who share the same rules/prodecures within the classroom (to help with insula-prefrontal cortex "rule switching", as many students come in with already dysregulated nervous systems and are already having to switch to a totally new set of rules within the school AND each classroom)...what else? Change in content being taught? Are the core subjects really that relevant to some of the students? Curious about your take!
How can I stay away from the thoughts annoying me?
Sometimes, thoughts about saying by the person I hate or the shameful things occur before would come into my mind. They make my adrenaline go up and distract me easily or make my de-focus process less effective when I relax. Is there some protocol that can make me stay away or overcome these thoughts? I apologize for my poor English in advance.
Sleep
Ring lights and drawing tablets were suggested as ways to get morning light if it isn’t possible to be outside - do you need to be looking right at those lights or have it shining on you while you are looking at something else (like a book) and for how long should you look at it or have it shining on you if using instead of actual sunlight some days?