The Pasadena Waldorf School (which is in Altadena, but you knew that)  is sponsoring a talk by Douglas Gerwin, Ph.D.,  "Turning Education on Its Head: What Modern Brain Research Says About How Children and Young Adults Learn" on Fri. Sept. 30:

Recent neuro-scientific research shows that the brain behaves less like a “hard-wired” computer, more like a dense forest in which pathways appear through repeated use and disappear through neglect. The implications for education of this paradigm shift are huge, especially since the cortical functions of children and young adults do not fully develop until they reach their early 20s.

In this ground-breaking talk, Douglas Gerwin, Ph.D. explores how Waldorf education helps children and adolescents unfold their powers of intelligence through a curriculum designed to nourish their developmental needs from pre-school through the high school years.

Douglas Gerwin, Director of the Center for Anthroposophy, has taught history, literature, German, music, and life science at the Waldorf high school level since 1983. He presently divides his time between adult education and teaching in various North American Waldorf schools. Douglas is the founder of the Waldorf High School Teacher Education Program at the Center for Anthroposophy and editor of several books related to Waldorf education.

The talk will be held at the Vosloh Forum at Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, at 7 PM Fri., Sept. 30.  Tickets are $10, adults only.  Register at www.pasadenawaldorf.org