Caine, Renate Nummela, Ph.D. is Professor Emerita of Education at California State University, San Bernardino. She consults throughout the world, and her work with schools has been featured on Teacher TV on the Discovery Channel, "Wizards of Wisdom" shown on PBS, and elsewhere. She is co-author of Making Connections: Teaching and the Human Brain, and five other books, and regularly conducts leading-edge teacher training programs for educational organizations.
Caine, Geoffrey, LL.M. is an Educator and Author who presents and consults on expertise and learning communities for educators and businesses throughout the United States and internationally, where he capitalizes on his background as a professor of law and education services manager of a national software company. Geoffrey specializes in the processes that make collective learning more powerful.
The Caines are co-authors of the best selling book Making Connections: Teaching and the Human Brain and five other books.
The latest book for educators and non-educators is The Brain, Education and the Competitive Edge.
Their work is used as a foundation for educational change in programs at school, district, and state levels.
The Caines introduced "Constructivism" which "means that students are seen as natural learners and therefore, constructivism is student centered. Constructivist teaching requires teachers to construct experiences that teach essential skills and assure that students reach the highest standards. Students do research, formulate critical questions, determine learning goals and access experts and expertise of all types."
"The foundation of Brain/Mind Constructivism rests on the Caines' Twelve Brain/Mind Learning Principles that summarize research on learning across multiple disciplines (including the neurosciences). This foundation presents educators with a substantive research base that fosters greater professional judgment and responsibility." Quotes are from their website: Caine Learning: Home of Brain/Mind Learning.
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