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Learning How to Learn: The Science Behind Learning and Memory
Programme Code: TGS-2023040119
Mode of Delivery
On-Campus
Duration
1 day
Date / Time
- 28/09/2024 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Registration will open on 20 May and close on 13 Sept. [Extended to 20 Sept!] | Venue: Workshop, Level 1, MD9 (Department of Physiology).
Learn the wonders of your brain – Discover more, Apply more
Programme Highlights
Optimizing learning and memory processes is one of the important keys to unlocking an individual’s learning potential and preparing them for opportunities and challenges ahead. Organised by the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Department of Physiology, this course employs emerging research on learning and memory science while focusing on the ways in which humans process, maintain, and apply knowledge.
Possessing an understanding of the pathways that underlie learning and how our memory works will help participants understand why certain learning techniques work and how to adapt their lifestyle and health towards improved learning, thinking and creativity. Teachers will find these techniques useful as it helps them to develop best practices for lesson plan design and assessments that enhances student learning by reinforcing the retention of information.
Firstly, participants will learn about how the brain generally works , followed by a deeper understanding of the neuronal basis of learning and memory. Current scientific evidences of how humans learn and how memory is formed and maintained, as well as effective ways of learning and its mechanisms will be shared and discussed. Cognitive training in humans, such as memory, attention, executive function will also be introduced.
Participants will learn how to apply the knowledge and concept of learning and memory to their personal learning and teaching experience.
Benefits of Attending
- Understand the basic of learning sciences
- Identify and describe different types of memory
- Evaluate the principles and importance of different learning styles
- Evaluate the importance of lifestyles and health in learning and memory
- Apply cognitive training in humans, such as memory, attention, executive function (e.g., planning, organisation and goal management)
Understanding of the science of learning and memory, especially the new science of learning, will help educators or teachers gain essential knowledge on how the human brain works and thereby equipping them with the skills to enhance students’ learning experience by reinforcing the retention of information.
Who Should Attend
Educators or teachers
Trainer Profile
Course Agenda
Topics to be covered include:
- Information Processing: L: location; U: use it or lose it; M: magnification; P: plasticity (L.U.M.P) of brain function
2. Information Processing: Neurotransmission
3. How do we learn: What is synaptic plasticity
4. Memory and its mechanisms: Encoding, consolidation, storage and retrieval
5. Types of learning: active vs passive learning, massed vs spaced repetitive learning
6. Role of sleep, stress and lifestyle in learning and memory
7. Metacognition
8. Cognitive training in humans
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
1. Identify and describe different types of memory
2. Evaluate the principles and importance of different learning styles
3. Evaluate the importance of lifestyles and health in learning and memory
4. Apply the knowledge and concepts of learning and memory to personal learning and teaching experience
Pre-Requisites and Assessment
Pre-requisites
- Intermediate English proficiency
Assessment
- Written Exam
Awards and Certification
All participants will receive a Certificate of Completion.
Learners must pass all assessment components, to be eligible for SSG funding. Please note that learners may have to bear the full course fee if they fail to meet this requirement.
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Course Fee
International Participants
Singapore Citizens1 39 years old or younger
Singapore Citizens1 40 years old or older eligible for MCES2
Singapore PR
Enhanced Training Support For SMEs3
Full Programme Fee
$850
$850
$850
$850
$850
Less: SSG Grant Amount4
–
$595
$595
$595
$595
Nett Course Fee
$850
$255
$255
$255
$255
9% GST on Nett Course Fee
$76.50
$22.95
$22.95
$22.95
$22.95
Total Nett Course Fee Payable including GST
$926.50
$277.95
$277.95
$277.95
$277.95
Less Additional Funding if Eligible Under Various Schemes
–
–
$170
–
$170
Total Nett Cost Fee Payable, Including GST, after additonal funding from the various funding schemes
$926.50
$277.95
$107.95
$277.95
$107.95
1) All self-sponsored Singaporeans aged 25 and above can use their SkillsFuture Credit to pay for the course fee.
2) Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES): Singaporeans aged 40 and above may enjoy subsidies up to 90% of the course fee.
3) Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS): SME-sponsored employees (Singapore Citizens and PRs) may enjoy subsidies up to 90% of the course fee.
4) Learners must pass all assessment components, to be eligible for SSG funding. Please note that learners may have to bear the full course fee if they fail to meet this requirement.
Application Deadline
Registration will open on 20 May and close on 13 sept. Extended to 20 Sept!
Terms & Conditions / Cancellation Policy
- The scheduled course run will proceed only if the minimum class size is met.
- We reserve the right to cancel or postpone any course or change the venue due to unforeseen circumstances.
- In the event of a cancellation and the fee has been paid, a full refund will be made to registrants.
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