Whole Brain Teaching / Power Teaching

Introduction to Whole Brain Teaching/Power Teaching

Birth of Power Teaching

Power Teaching / Whole Brain Teaching was created in 1999 by Chris Biffle, a college philosophy professor, Jay Vanderfin (kindergarten) and Chris Rekstad (4th grade) in the small Southern California town of Yucaipa. This method is a radical new teaching system based on three principles: the system should be brain based, fun and free and may be used on students in kindergarten through college.

The main components of Power Teaching include classroom management and teaching method

The basic classroom management include:

Class-Yes
Five classroom rules
Micro Lecture (Teach-Okay and Switch-Okay)
Scoreboard
Gestures (Hands and eye, Mirror)

Class-Yes
Objective: To get the attention of the class.

Micro-Lecture
Objective: To teach and maintain the attention of your students.

Teach-Okay
Objective: To give students the opportunity to learn something and teach it to a peer. This will hopefully put the information in long-term storage.

Turn to your neighbor…
With enthusiasm, teach your neighbor the first three aspects of Power Teaching
Class-Yes
Micro-Lecture
Teach-Okay

Scoreboard
Objective:
Support positive behaviors and correct unwanted behaviors in a safe, non-threatening manner.

Gestures
Objectives:
Students link gestures and actions with class material to help them remember with greater ease.
It also provides students who need to wiggle with appropriate and educational movements.


more on whole brain teaching, please visit the website

Video Lesson Study oleh Guru Pemandu Bahasa Inggris SMA provinsi Jawa Tengah

For articles on lesson study click here and here
For more videos on Lesson study by guru pemandu, click link below.
video 1
video 2
video 3
video 4
video 5

The last meeting with Kerry Persen

On Tuesday, May 18, 2010, MGMP Bahasa Inggris jepara held the meeting at SMA Islam Jepara. This meeting was very special because it was the last meeting with Kerry Persen, ETA at SMAN 1 Jepara for year 2009-2010.
On the first agenda, the leader of MGMP introduced a teaching system called Whole Brain teaching. MGMP Leader also showed video of Power Teaching / Whole Brain Teaching. On the last, MGMP leader practiced how to teach using Whole Brain Teaching.

On her presentation, Kerry Persen described some mistake that often made by students in Indonesia. She showed her finding during 9 months in Jepara. Here are the example of mistake made by students.

	Incorrect/Mistake:	Correct Example:	Correct Example Sentence:
TIME	Three past half	Half past three (3:30)	At half past three, I go home after extra lesson.
	22nd April 2008	April 22nd 2008	I celebrated my sister’s first birthday on April 22nd 2008.
	5 minutes again, 5 minutes more, or two weeks more/again	In 5 minutes	We will arrive at the airport in 5 minutes.  In two weeks, Kerry will leave.
	Until now, we have not…	We still haven’t (or have not)	We still haven’t received the letter from UNDIP.

For more presentation files   from Kerry Persen, Click here  for doc file and here presentation file. And here for Whole Brain Teaching presentation.