Plenary Lecture
Integration of Brain Based Learning, Problem Solving Enterprising Competences and E-Learning Technology in Curriculum Development of Education
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Professor Emil Pop LLP-Erasmus Programs Centre University of Petrosani Petrosani, HD, ROMANIA E-mail: emilpop2001@yahoo.com |
Professor Camelia Barbu LLP-Erasmus Programs Centre University of Petrosani Petrosani, HD, ROMANIA E-mail: tabacarucamelia@yahoo.com |
Abstract: Brain Based Learning is a procedure recently published in education and means using the neuro-psycho-pedagogical methods for transmitting and processing the information’s, and for the assimilation, the learning and the assessment. Although there is still controversy about the methods of learning one thing is clear, brain based learning can become a new pathway in education by using new researches on the anatomical structure and bioinformatics of the human brain.
Those researches have highlighted how the brain works, the way of knowledge acquisitions, what is it the thinking, what is it the memory, what is it the human intelligence and the wisdom etc. Nevertheless together with the experience of the psycho-pedagogues and the teachers led to the use of this new knowledge in the education process under the paradigm of "brain based learning".
The dimensional data of the human brain shows a weight between 1250 and 1450 grams, representing about 2% of body weight and 20% of the oxygen consumption, 25% glucose and 15% of the blood of body. In absolute value the brain weight is exceeded only by the cetaceans (whales) and the pachyderm (the elephant) that at the weight of 5000-6000 kg have the weight of brain approximately 9 kg. The processing capacity of the brain depends on the “report of encephalisation” EQ, which takes into account the weight of the brain, the number of neurons, the flexibility neuronal networks training and the processing speed. To human EQ is between 7 and 8, the cat is 1, the dolphin between 5 and 6 and in mice is 0.3.
Using the Brain Based Learning technique there are established a set of principles: The intellectual models, The emotions, Learning in the classroom, The memory, The evaluation, The biology of brain, The unity: body, mind and brain, The time, Learning by collaboration, The training on thematic.
Brief Biography of the Speakers:
Emil Pop graduated with BSc (Hons) in Electrical Engineering in 1967, graduated with BSc in Mathematics-Informatics in 1976 and gained a PhD in System Control in 1976, based upon the research developed at the University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy and at the University of Petrosani. He joined in 1967 the University of Petrosani. In 1990 became Professor of System Control, PhD advisor and was for many years the Head of System Control and Applied Informatics Department. In 1993 he was for 4 years General Director in the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research, from 2004 to 2008 he was Vice-Rector of the University of Petrosani in charge with the R&D and European Programs. From 2008 to 2012 he was the Rector of the University of Petrosani. In 2001 he was Visiting Professor at the University of Clausthal, Germany. In 2007 he was made Academician of the Technical Academy of Ukraine. His general research interests are in system control engineering, nonlinear systems, VLSI system design, robot control, modeling and simulation and applied informatics. In his over 40 years long didactical and research activity he coordinated about 100 national and international research projects and grants and published about 240 papers, from which over 20 in WSEAS conferences.
Camelia Barbu received a BSc in System Control and Applied Informatics Engineering in 2004, an MSc in Automatic Control Methods for Industrial Processes in 2006 and gained a PhD in System Control in 2009. She joined in 2004 the University of Petrosani. In 2011 became Lecturer of System Control Engineering. She is the Director of LLP Erasmus Programs Centre of the University of Petrosani. Her general research interests are in applied informatics, system control engineering, modeling and simulation and computer engineering. In her 9 years long didactical and research activity she took part and coordinated about 12 national and international research projects and grants and published about 60 papers, from which 8 in WSEAS conferences.