Connecting Brian Cambourne's Conditions of Learning Theory to Brain/Mind Principles: Implications for Early Childhood Educators

This article connects Brain Cambourne's Conditions of Learning to a constructivist philosophy of education as well as to established brain-based principles. Various classroom conversations between primary-aged children illustrate specific classroom activities that help link the brain principle to each of Cambourne's conditions.

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