#  Understanding the teaching brain 

 



**Awardees:** Vanessa Rodriguez (HGSE), Kurt Fischer (HGSE)



 

**Summary**: Awardees plan to systematically study expert teachers in an effort to develop a model of the “[teaching brain](http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/11/12/dear-arne-duncan-teaching-brain)” and understand its implications for comprehensive brain-based education.

**More information:**

- “[Great Teachers Are Not Built Overnight](https://medium.com/bright/great-teachers-are-not-built-overnight-e03b40a74586),” *Bright*, August, 2015
- “[Inside the Mind of a Teacher](http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/15/10/harvard-edcast-inside-mind-teacher?utm_source=HGSE%20News&utm_campaign=e6c87d6e96-Harvard_Ed_News_October_20_201510_21_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a53d07ba95-e6c87d6e96-46231541),” *Harvard EdCast*, October, 2015



 

 

 See also:- [ Past Grant Project ](/resource-taxonomy/past-grant-project)
- [ Teaching and Learning Strategies ](/resource-taxonomy/teaching-and-learning-strategies)
- [ Science of Learning and Evidence-Based Practice ](/resource-taxonomy/science-learning-and-evidence-based-practice)