Author and Educational Consultant André Hedlund on ”A Voyage into the Learner’s Universe: A Macro View of Neuroscience and SEL”

<p>Have you ever wondered WHO exactly YOU are? We are more than our name, our job title or perhaps how we are viewed in our personal lives. Whatever part of the world you are listening to this podcast from, today’s episode is going to stretch your mind, like it did mine, as we expand our field of view from our individual schools or workplaces to our cities, to go far outside of where we operate on a day-to-day basis to think on a different level than we usually think about ourselves, or those around us. We are going to use a brilliant article written by author, Chevening Alumnus (MSc in Psychology of Education--University of Bristol) and former National Geographic Learning Consultant, Andre Hedlund<a href='#_edn1'>[i]</a> called <em>Learning Cosmos: A Voyage into the Learner’s Universe</em><a href='#_edn2'>[ii]</a><em> </em>to help take our imaginations on a trip, where we will “consider the multitude of principles, theories and frameworks that address learning, and compare (them) to the expanding universe. Different spheres, each one influencing the others.”</p> <p>Watch this interview on YouTube with visuals here <a href='https://youtu.be/wsJ8NpYawdM'>https://youtu.be/wsJ8NpYawdM</a></p> <p>On this episode you will learn:</p> <p>✔︎ How Andre Hedlund compared learning to the Cosmos for a Macro vs Micro view of learning.</p> <p>✔︎ How the 6 SEL Competencies compare to the Cosmos and Larger Universe.</p> <p>✔︎ How Andre took the most current and well-known educational frameworks and theories and mapped them to the Cosmos for a deeper look at learning.</p> <p>✔︎ How looking at something from a new angle (Macro vs Micro) can give you a new perspective, solve problems, and open your eyes to new possibilities.</p> <p>Today Andre will look at neuroscience and psychology and try to bring together principles about cognition, emotion, attitudes and beliefs, motivation, learning design, and context (many of the topics we have been talking about on this podcast for the past 3 years) into an illustration that re