Understanding Anxiety & Learning Masterclass
£49.99
This practical masterclass helps teachers understand how anxiety, attention and working memory influence learning. Drawing on The Teacher Toolkit Guide to Memory and The Teacher Toolkit Guide to the Science of Learning, the webinar introduces cognitive overload, neurodivergence, metacognition and the conditions students need to encode, store and retrieve knowledge. This download includes a 13-minute on-demand webinar, a 17-slide CPD presentation and one key practical resource.
The webinar addresses one question: How does learning happen? This beginner’s guide to attention and working memory helps support teachers working with SEND and neurodiversity considerations, offering an introduction to MRI and fMRI research.
- Ideal for classroom teachers, middle leaders and senior leaders
- Ideal for SENDCos, inclusion leads developing their understanding of cognitive science
- Perfect for CPD leaders who want practical ideas to share for whole-school training
- This resource supports cognitive science, classroom practice and evidence-informed CPD.
- Save when you purchase the full CPD subscription series / or top membership option.
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Description
How does learning happen?
It is a simple question, but many experienced teachers find it difficult to answer precisely.
This Understanding Anxiety, Working Memory and Learning Masterclass provides a practical introduction to the cognitive science behind learning. It explores what happens when information competes for attention, enters working memory and is either processed, forgotten or connected with existing knowledge.
The webinar also asks teachers to consider the difference between what they see and what may be happening cognitively.
A student who appears inattentive may be experiencing:
- cognitive overload
- anxiety or emotional stress
- competing sensory information
- unclear instructions
- weak prior knowledge
- executive-function demands
What does the webinar explore?
The 17-slide presentation covers:
- how learning happens
- the encode–store–retrieve cycle
- attention and working memory
- cognitive load and competing stimuli
- anxiety and emotional regulation
- neurodivergence and SEND
- metacognition and self-regulation
- knowledge retention and transfer
- the adolescent brain
- MRI and fMRI research
The session draws on Ross Morrison McGill’s experience as a teacher, school leader and parent of a child born prematurely. It connects personal experience, classroom practice and cognitive science without reducing complex neuroscience to simplistic classroom claims.
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