LOOKING FOR A WORKSHOP ON NEUROSCIENCE?

Presenter Profile: Dr. Kathryn (Kate) Patten completed her doctoral research in the neuroscience and neuropsychology of emotion. She has taught public elementary and high school for over 20 years and worked as a faculty associate for 2 years. Her Master's thesis proposed a new definition for giftedness that incorporated emotive as well as cognitive components. Kate's current research interests lie in the neuroscience and neuropsychology of emotion and its implications for neuropedagogy, specifically within the research field of educational neuroscience. She is also interested in emotion regulation and emotional contagion. While teaching part-time at Hatzic Secondary, she is currently the Outreach Coordinator for the educational neuroscience lab, ENGRAMMETRON, at SFU. Sample workshops are listed below. Click on title for the list of workshops. Presentations and workshops can be customized to meet time constraints, topics, and audience. Contact Kate at kepatten@sfu.ca or at 778-782-7173 for more information.

Educational Neuroscience and the ENGRAMMETRON by Kate — last modified 2007-09-06 12:37

Audience: Teachers, pre-service teachers, educational administrators, faculty. Approx. time: 1 hour. Click on title for a precis.

Neuroscience and Education: Building a Bridge by Kate — last modified 2007-09-06 12:39

Audience: Teachers, pre-service teachers, educational administrators. Approx. Time: 1 hour presentation; 2 hours includes workshop. Click on title for a precis.

Emotion and Cognition: Old Perspectives and the New Frontier by Kate — last modified 2007-09-06 12:40

Audience: Teachers, pre-service teachers, parents, administrators. Approx. Time: 1 hour presentation; 2 hours including workshop. Click on title for precis.

Part A: Neuroscience and Teaching by Kate — last modified 2007-09-06 12:41

A great introduction to neuroscience for those with little background in the field. Audience: Teachers, pre-service teachers, administrators. Approx. time: 2 -2 1/2 hours. Can be given alone, or as a background to Part B, as a full day workshop. Click on title for precis.

Part B: Neuroscience and Emotion by Kate — last modified 2007-09-06 12:46

Designed to be a follow-up to Part A, but may be presented alone to those who have some background in educational neuroscience. Audience: Teachers, pre-service teachers, administrators, faculty Approx. Time: 2 - 2 1/2 hours. Click on title for precis.

The Neuroscience and Neuropsychology of Emotion by Kate — last modified 2007-09-06 12:49

Audience: Teachers, pre-service teachers, students: humans! Approx. time: 2 - 2 1/2 hours. Click on title for precis.

Neuroemotion and emotional literacy by Kate — last modified 2009-10-08 11:24

Audience: Adult or student Approximate time: all day; may be extended with follow-up sessions