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Topic: Neuroscience: links to Canadian researchers working in the fields including brain development, early learning, language acquisition, self-regulation, behaviour. The sites have general information for parents and educators) Adele Diamond, PhD and director of the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, University of British Columbia http://www.devcogneuro.com/ Fraser Mustard, MD, Fraser Mustard Chair in Childhood Development, Alberta Children’s Hospital and University of Calgary http://www.frasermustardchair.ca/resources/ Stuart Shanker, PhD, director of Milton and Ethel Harris Research Initiative , York University, http://www.mehri.ca/people/shanker.html Clyde Hertzman, PhD, director Human Early Learning Partnership, University of British Columbia, http://www.earlylearning.ubc.ca/people/directors/ Topic: Adolescent Learners and Student Engagement John Abbott, with Heather MacTaggart, Overschooled but Undereducated: How the Crisis in Education is Jeopar...

These are not “approved” resources and some even provide contrarian perspectives. The resources go beyond Personalized Learning and/or 21 st Century Learning. The idea is to use what is known about things like neuroscience and brain development to inform learning and teaching. John Abbott, with Heather MacTaggart, Overschooled but Undereducated: How the Crisis in Education is Jeopardizing our Adolescents , Continuum International Publishing Group, London, 2010. Check out Abbott’s Born to Learn site: http://www.born-to-learn.org/ British Columbia Ministry of Education, The British Columbia Performance Standards for Reading, Writing, Numeracy and Social Responsibility http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/perf_stands/ British Columbia Ministry of Education, “Principles of Learning”, in English Language Arts curriculum guide , 2006 (page 3) http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/pdfs/english_language_arts/2006ela_k7.pdf British Columbia Ministry of Education, “First Peoples Principles of Learning”, in Engl...