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Articles and Columns By Kenneth:
Early Brain Development and Learning
A Two Part Series
What Everyone Should Know About The Latest Brain Research
A Four Part Series
Brain Basics For The Teaching Professional
A Seven Part Series
Bio
Kenneth Wesson delivers keynote addresses on the neuroscience of learning for educational organizations and institutions throughout the United States and overseas. His audiences range from pre-school and early childhood specialists to college and university-level administrators and faculty members. His recent international audiences have included educators and chief administrative officers from South America, Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Northern Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa. Wesson regularly addresses educational organizations, counseling associations, school districts and civic groups, as well as parenting organizations on establishing “brain-considerate” learning environments. In addition to his speeches on the neuroscience of learning, Wesson also speaks on the subjects of early brain development, emotional intelligence, the neuropsychology of prejudice, contextual learning, diversity in learning, design and engineering, and curriculum development. He is also frequently asked to serve as an expert witness in court cases involving brain trauma and memory.
Kenneth’s recent work has included delivering addresses to the IBM Corporation; the Johnson and Johnson Corporation; the National Alliance of Business; Head Start; the “Aging To Perfection” Conference; the Great Teachers’ Seminars; the National Science Foundation’s Systemic Initiatives for Math and Science; along with the faculty and staff members for a number of American colleges and universities. In August, he delivered the opening address for the IDATER (International Conference on Design and Technology Educational Research and Curriculum Development) Conference in England. Last year, he spoke to educators and administrators from 6 of the world’s 7 continents including audiences in Asia, Eastern Europe, the Pacific Islands and Great Britain.
Wesson’s most recent articles on the brain include: “What Recent Brain Research Tells Us About Learning,” “Where is God in the Brain?” (The Neurophysiological Correlates of Religiosity) and “Memory and the Brain.”
He has
• Served as a science writer for Science IQ contributing articles on brain research
• Worked as an Educational Consultant for Stanford Research Institute (SRI)
• Taught at the college and university levels (San Jose State University, Foothill College, San Jose City College and the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center)
• Worked on the development and marketing of several of the nation's leading mathematics, science, and reading programs.
• Coordinated the efforts of one of the nation's major publishers with America's largest school systems and the National Science Foundation's (in mathematics and science).
• Served as a keynote speaker on the physiological and theoretical basis of how learning occurs inside the human brain.
He is an active or former member of the following organizations:
· The International Society on Infant Studies
· The Organization for Human Brain Mapping
· The Society for Neuroscience
· The American Association for the Advancement of Science
· The National Association of Black Psychologists (a founding member)
· The National Kindergarten Alliance (a founding member)
· The Western Psychological Association
· The United Professors of California
· The American Association of College Administrators
· The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
· The American Mathematical Association
· The National Science Teachers Association
· The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
· The National School Boards Association
· The Teacher Credentialing Task Force for the CA Schools Boards Association
· Was elected to the local Board of Education in 1980
· Was recognized as one of the "Outstanding Young Men of America" in 1984
· Profiled in "Who's Who in Science and Engineering"
· The Mental Health Board and the Justice Systems Board for Santa Clara County
· Appointed by California’s Governor to the state’s Tobacco Education and Research Oversight Committee
Each year, the NSTA and Shell Oil Company identify 4-6 people, who they feel are making unique contributions to science research and education. Those individuals (the "Shell Science Scholars") are invited to address the members of the NSTA at their annual conference and are honored at a special reception. This group includes the 1998 Nobel Prize winner for Physics, the Director of the Human Genome Project and Kenneth Wesson. The NSTA is the world's largest educational organization (scientists, researchers and science educators) with over 53,000 members dedicated to the improvement of science education.
The groups Wesson will address next year range from the prestigious American Society for Microbiology to the Science Teachers Association of New York State (whose other speakers will include Dr. Joycelyn Elders, the former U.S. Surgeon General and Dr. Richard Roberts of Great Britain, the recipient of the 1993 Nobel prize for Physiology/Medicine), and the Association of American Schools of Central America, Colombia, the Caribbean and Mexico.
Contact Information:
Kenneth A. Wesson
Educational Consultant, Neuroscience
1497 Elsman Ct.
San Jose, CA 95120
(408) 323-1498 (office)
(408) 323-1497 (home)
kenawesson@aol.com |
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