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Group: Regina, Jack, Kim and Wil

Brain Drain:

tiny, process, exploring

difficult, fear, information

Parent-involvement, teacher, help

Frustrating, exhausting, too open-ended

In sharing our mini-project to date we found several common threads.  In the projects about "Learned Helplessness", "Parental Involvement" and "Teaching for success in different cultures" there was a common theme of meeting students where they were.  In one project it was a matter of figuring out how to make a student feel safe to allow for involvement that will lead to engagement.  In another project, it is about advocating for a student whether the parents are involved, not involved or too involved.  In the other project, it is about displaying and acting in a culturally appropriate manner.  In all cases the concept of treating all brains/individuals as unique is a very helpful concept.