The Human Nervous System: A Framework for Teaching and the Teaching Brain

The teaching brain is a new concept that mirrors the complex, dynamic, and context‐dependent nature of the learning brain. In this article, I use the structure of the human nervous system and its sensing, processing, and responding components as a framework for a re‐conceptualized teaching system. This teaching system is capable of responses on an instinctual level (e.g., spinal cord teaching ) as well as higher order student‐centered teaching and even more complex teaching brain teaching . At the most complex level the teacher and student engage in a synchronistic teaching flow that achieves the optimal teaching and learning experience.