Examples of mirror neurons and social brain in class by EUN Partnership aisbl

Visnja, Croatia

visnjavezmarovic — 2021-11-22 16:47:54 UTC

I think all the activities we do in a class has to do with mirror neurons. When students do some practical work in groups they look at other students in a group and this is connected to mirror neurons. Every time a students is doing some work or skill he looks at us too . My colegue once told me that a good teacher has to be partly an actor too- beaczse our facial expresions, gests and everything we do seamed like acting to us. One of my former students told me also this- when I went to gradtuation exam and had to write donw some answers to biology questions I allways remebmered you saying it and you position in a class and hand gestures and this helped me to solve the questions. This is all mirror neurons.
As for developing empathy this is a normal part of our job too as we teach science and understanding of other peoples actions, needs...

Ida, Croatia

2021-11-22 19:10:15 UTC

Example of a classroom situation: when the teacher shows how to do a certain art technique (e.g., gouache, (water) ink…), and students can repeat it; songs like: "Hokey-Pokey" or "If you happy...", when the movements are shown and pupils repeat it.

An example for the social brain: a smile.

Modeling!

2021-11-23 05:47:49 UTC

In class, we can help our students learn by allow them to observe and to repet what we are doing. Modeling is a powerfull way of learning - even when we are trying to teach ways of doing things.
Team work is a good way of learning. We learn by watching what others are doing, but also observing the feedback for our own actions. We can feel aprecieted, and that feeling improve our motivation to keep in acion.

Athina, Greece

athinazarkalli — 2021-11-23 09:32:12 UTC

Thanks to mirror neurons the emotions we portray have a direct influence on others. Showing happiness and optimism in the classroom we will transmit that to our students and children.
Also, we can consider this example for the social brain, to. A happy and smiling face influences directly our students.

Snezana, Serbia

2021-11-23 12:00:27 UTC

"In other people's shoes" - a student is a teacher, a teacher is a student

Rubén Gutiérrez, Spain

2021-11-23 18:56:35 UTC

Role playing can be effectively used in the classroom to learn skills used in real-world situations (negotiation, debate, teamwork, cooperation, persuasion)

Corina, Romania

2021-11-23 19:17:19 UTC

For students in the field of Catering, the use of mirror neurons is obvious when they have to do psychomotor activities after the demonstration of the teacher.

Marina, Croatia

marina_svelec5 — 2021-11-23 20:38:59 UTC

An example of the involvement of mirror neurons is a practical task during which students dissect biological material modeled on a teacher’s demonstration or video.
The social brain is involved in a role-playing game when students in a group display, for example, the circulation of matter in a food chain or during an Alias game.

Simona Sîrbu, Romania

sirbusimona1 — 2021-11-24 20:53:00 UTC

I try to be in my student's shoes in few moments of time, and I say them to try to be in my shoes.

Luminiţa, Romania

luminitap20041 — 2021-11-24 22:30:00 UTC

By mirror neurons the emotions we portray have a direct influence on others.
We can help our students learn by allow them to observe and to repeat what we are doing.

I've become aware of mirroring my emotions and readiness for work in the classroom very quickly (social brain). Children always observe the way you enter the classroom, facial expression, the tone of your voice, posture... If the teacher smiles - they'll smile back. Switching roles (understanding someone else's point of view) is a good example.Modelling is often used in classroom ( mirror neurons are fundamental for learning) - teacher demonstrates how some exercises should be done, how to build something(create, make experiment), how to make a presentation, give a speech...

lidijagrozdanovic — 2021-11-25 08:42:08 UTC

Simona , Constanta , Romania

2021-11-25 10:31:48 UTC

in chemistry, for example, I performed an experiment: determining casein in milk (protein) and then curiosity and neural mirrors do their job: they did a real scientific research for the milk assortments in the stores; then they wanted more and more experiments

Svetlana

2021-11-25 16:02:01 UTC

Bright mood, optimistic view to the school and class brings mirror effect to students. This is the first point of learning in the moment.

Daniela Balosache, Romania

2021-11-25 17:10:51 UTC

Mirror neurons are involved in learning activities that require movements and performing operations. For instance, I teach my students the song If you are happy / Clap your hands ! -- and they perfrom the action.Thus, the children learn new words by connecting the sounds to a specific movement. They enjoy it and have fun. They smile.
An example of social intelligence- when the teacher frowns upon a student who is being noisy and not paying attention to the explanations of a grammar rule - and the student immediately gets silent, then he shows social intelligence. If the student continues to disturb the learning activity, he proves he is not able to sense when he annoys people around, therefore he may be lacking social intelligence.

Kristina, Slovenija

kristina_locniskar — 2021-11-25 17:48:50 UTC

MIRROR NEURONS EXAMPLE:
We learn when we do something and even if we only watch other people do something.
It is useful because students can learn from the mistakes of others. They can watch and see what they shouldn't do.
SOCIAL BRAIN EXAMPLE:
Now I know why some students that are bright, but annoying to other students can't change their behaviour only by knowing that something is wrong (their intelligence). They have an issue in bad reversal learning capacity.
Another example:
Distance learning (caused by the covid situation) might show that students couldn't learn as much as they could because they were at a lack of social interaction. And my question is: Is the distance (zoom) social interaction as efficient as "real" social interaction. Probably not.
Kristina

2021-11-25 18:13:12 UTC

Vasilis Kosmidis
My example of mirror neurons activity is actually the lack of it due to wearing masks because of covid pandemic. Level of communication with students of the last two years is poor when compared with the average level of communication i have mentioned through my 25years of experience. Sometimes i think i can hardly recognise them - and they too - if i meet them outside in the street. This affected a lot my approach to them because i teach not only using language but also my body and face exprressions, always trying to get things from their faces. On the other hand an example of our social brain is the observation that students work more efficiently in groups orientated to a subject (the post-classroom group of physics for example) than working alone at home on the same topic.

Roxanthi, Greece

Roxie — 2021-11-25 19:58:22 UTC

_{Maintain a Positive Attitude (body language, facial expressions, and emotions...create a positive and encouraging atmosphere)
Explain Emotions (eg when and how you feel)
Model Empathy (how you think other creatures feel)}_{Also, support group work and peer-to-peer collaboration. All these are interrelated!}

NIKOLAOS MPAKOS

2021-11-25 22:32:39 UTC

Classroom situation: When teacher designs, suggests or assigns activities and tasks that the imitation of the (desirable) teacher’s behavior is demanded. For example, the students could prepare and present a lesson to the class, take care of the class interactivity and behavior, assess both their performance and their peers’ performance. So, students could deepen in their academic readiness, emotions and reactions as well as in those of their classmates, cultivating positive empathy attitudes.

Social situations: By adopting a positive paradigmatic behavior (politeness, optimism, friendliness, warm and supportive body and face language), teacher can reasonably anticipate the same to be adopted by his/her students, improving teaching and learning environment and enjoying the optimal outcomes from the whole process.

Kristi, Athens GR

kaitifolia — 2021-11-26 00:05:39 UTC

There are mirror-neurons that activate electrical signals in our brain when we see someone being touched, when we watch other people's movements or, only as a sign of empathy. If a child observes an action, the mirror-neurons will activate and form new neural connections, as if he or she undertook the action herself/himself. An efficient functioning of the mirror neurons leads to an excellent development in any field, to a greater emotional intelligence and to a higher level of empathy.

Ingrid, Estonia

ingridmaadvere — 2021-11-26 07:51:05 UTC

Mirror neurons is an interesting topic and I think that we should use it more.
Example. I like to use songs in the learning process. Some students are afraid to sing because they are not very good at singing. Then I sing a song to them and I am not a good singer and of course I make mistakes. This will encourage them to sing.

RUQAYA#JORDAN

rkwaldh — 2021-11-26 08:21:38 UTC

Main roles of mirror neurons:

Imitation
Understanding the intentions of the other
Understanding emotions and developing empathy

Mariana Munteanu, Romania

marianamunteanu139 — 2021-11-26 10:03:24 UTC

Regardless of the subject of learning, the teacher must be a small actor. The teacher arouses the student's attention and motivation to learn through the content transmitted, and the way the content is transmitted. If the teacher uses a flat and low tone of voice, the face expression remains unchanged and he/she sits at his/ her table all the time, students will fall asleep at their tables.

Anabela_Portugal

2021-11-26 17:21:12 UTC

In the classroom we should always have as a starting point the student and his willingness to learn. Therefore, in my classes I always try to motivate students to learn with activities they like. I teach students from 8-9 years and they like songs, games and love to receive compliments. I often use the mime game to guess some vocabulary and with the songs they learn easily.

Tina, Croatia

2021-11-26 19:48:16 UTC

Example of the participation of mirror neurons: When the teacher shows on a map the countries, cities and the like, and the students show it on the maps in front of them.Social Brain: Collaborative learning encourages creativity and facilitates the learning of all involved.

Ksenija, Croatia

Ksenija — 2021-11-26 20:54:34 UTC

Mirror neurons and empathy

For example, if you see someone get a paper cut, you may flinch and feel their pain. The same neurons (although only a subset of them) that respond to my finger getting a paper cut will also fire if I see someone else getting a paper cut.

Ozlem, Turkey

ozlemcagan66 — 2021-11-26 21:04:35 UTC

An example of mirror neurons is the show-and-make activity in the workshop. E.g; After showing the students to measure blood pressure on the model, students imitate it.

Gaby, Croatia

2021-11-27 00:15:34 UTC

Mirror neurons - imitation
For example, when I teach them new structures, I say the action and perform it and they repeat after me and act it out as well.

Mirror neurons

maticanita44 — 2021-11-27 06:56:45 UTC

I work in 1st grade. most 1st grade curricula are based on mirror neurons but also the social brain. Students often imitate my actions, voice and facial expressions. In this way, they learn how to behave in class, aloe and acquire new skills.

Fani, Croatia

faniperun — 2021-11-27 20:43:34 UTC

In chemistry experiments.
Our mood sets the mood of the class.

Isabel Nunes, Portugal

isabel_nunes — 2021-11-28 00:11:22 UTC

A classroom situation in which mirror neurons can be group play, such as games, which help the notion of group, enriching the activity with a discussion about what was done.

Dance for two, which can be encouraged at theme parties, where the need to follow steps together and body contact activate the neurons of empathy.

A practice related to the social brain could be a conversation about the feelings of each of the students in the class. Focusing on the importance of feelings, whether good or bad, and increasing the perception that people feel different things in the same situation.

Viewing videos about empathy that can be discussed in the classroom.

Najoua. Tunisia

NajouaSlatnia — 2021-11-28 08:31:15 UTC

About Mirror neurons, in the classroom, as I am a Spanish teacher, specially in speaking part, when I pronounce words, reading.. students imitate this even with my facial expressions.

A.ARMADY

menaranationalplus — 2021-11-28 09:12:21 UTC

I think mirror neurons will reflect the positive thing that we are expecting the students to do so. If we are excited and happy with the teaching I think that the students will do the same thing. Therefore as role models, we should be maximized to motivate students to do great on their learning. The way we are connected to the students will reflect to the teaching process gained in the class. and also will reflect on the way the students engage or connect with their friends in the class. respecting, showing empathy, collaborating with one another is the thing we are expecting them to do in the class. therefore teachers should optimize their roles to achieve those things to create great excellent for students achievement in the future

Josipa, Croatia

2021-11-28 10:52:49 UTC

Mirror neurons - imitating teachers behavious in teaching process but I think it's very obvious in students communication. For example - if one starts to yawn - a few others will follow, if one starts to walk outside a line - few others will follow etc..
Social brain - our interactions in school, how we say good morning to each other, how we walk, talk, the way we use our voice, how we support students ideas, work, effort, the way we give feedback.

ELENA, ROMANIA We as adults, through our behavior, are an example for our children. At the preschool level, the activities are carried out through imitation, learning through imitation, concrete examples in which children learn by repetition what they see in the teacher.

gdidina30 — 2021-11-28 13:54:29 UTC

Christine, Greece

efkarpiastudent — 2021-11-28 16:05:58 UTC

I thing that role playing is the key to mirror neurons.
I also belive that our feelings9positive or negative), will affect our students

Mirror Neurons, Social Brain

rpowers27 — 2021-11-28 16:25:40 UTC

Mirror neurons would be engaged in a foreign language class, for example, the teacher sings a song in a foreign language--the learners are unfamiliar but then imitate both words and tonalities, improving over time and repetition.

Social brain is exemplified when a learner insults another learner in class--for example, "That's a dumb argument, pretty stupid," but the other learner replies without any anger or retribution, "No, it's not. Let me show you why." Even though the argument may get heated, social brain helps the other learner stay rationale in arguing or discussing a point despite ad hominem or personal attacks.

Rich Powers

Duca Ludmila.Neuroni oglindă și creierul social în clasă

2021-11-28 17:14:04 UTC

. When we question the subjects who noticed a
action performed by another, they may believe under the effect the resonance did it alone

Buket Doğan Turkey

doganbuket968 — 2021-11-28 17:34:24 UTC

My actions are more effective than the verbal warnings I give to my students. Gestures, emotions, empathy. Communication is very important, emotional intelligence and sincerity.

Vlatka Čus, Croatia

2021-11-28 19:53:39 UTC

In maths, mirror neurons are important for learning processes in which teacher demonstrate some procedures (like geometric constructions) and social brain is important for working in groups or presentation of some topic or solution to peers on interesting and understandable way.

Christiana, Greece

christiana_ma — 2021-11-28 20:00:49 UTC

Example of a classroom situation with mirror neurons participation:
I explain how to draw an equilateral triangle, using a compass and a ruler, and then I design it on the board.
The students try to design it, imitating the design method.

Social brain example:
Setting the example of how a person should act among other people (being polite, respectful, a good listener), ends up in earning students' trust, and further more in them behaving in a similar way.

Selin Sarıça, Turkey

2021-11-28 20:06:36 UTC

I thought of the mirror activity we used in the drama. It behaves like mirror neurons, and we can adapt this activity to many activities. By behaving like the other students, they understand their feelings better and develop empathy.

The Application of Mirror Neurons and a Social Brian in Class

2021-11-29 05:59:59 UTC

Based on what is known about mirror neurons and the notion of a social brain, the connection between the two could not be anymore fascinating since the behaviors of adults that we see during our childhood and youth can implicitly influence our brains without even actively thinking about it. It is from there that the way educators and parents interact with people whenever children are around is crucial, knowing—although a child would know that such negative social behaviors are unacceptable—a child's and young person's neuroplasticity is more active than those of middle-age and old-age adults. Furthermore, when negative social behaviors are elicited by adults in front of younger individuals and by factoring in John Piaget's theory of cognitive development into the discussion, students anywhere between the preoperational and concrete operational stages can still implicitly acquire socially unwanted behaviors while still struggling to understand it from other people's perspectives. With that being said, since they would still be developing their sense of morality, the reactions experienced by someone experiencing a negative social behavior can be passed on to the observer and those reflected experiences can possibly influence how we view our sense of morality and maturity as we develop towards adulthood.

—Austin Nicholas Dragoș [United Sates of America]

Mirror neurons and social brain at the same time

2021-11-29 09:29:02 UTC

Teaching a process to the class, eg the way to solve math or physics problems (step by step), will activate the mirror neurons and the students will follow the same process to solve these problems.
Showing confident and a positive attitude against any new problem, no matter how easy of difficult it may be, will make also our students to feel they can solve any problem by following the process, activating their social brain.
Anastasios Bletsas

Working in a small group of 3/4 students allows to refine the learning through the activation of mirror neurons: in the cooperative learning and in the mirror system the fundamental element is the "other".

girapaolasole1 — 2021-11-29 20:10:17 UTC

Paola

Chiara-Italy

2021-11-29 20:21:55 UTC

When I teach a new English structure I give them an example then they follow it and create their own sentences activating mirror neurons. When someone shouts in class and I keep calm trying to solve the conflicts with empathy rather then authority I think it’s social brain activation.

JJ Poland

joannabudyla — 2021-11-29 21:20:04 UTC

When practising pronunciation or reading a dialog in pairs aloud, I provide the students with a video example first and then I ask them to perform on their own.