Action Based Learning™ puts brain-based learning into action with teacher friendly, “kid-tested, kid-approved” strategies that move students to learn! Action Based Learning™ is based on brain research findings that support the link of early motor development, intentional movement, increased physical activity and exercise to improved cognition.
Action Based Learning™ is an educational consulting firm featuring award winning Consultant and Speaker, Jean Blaydes Madigan, M Ed K. Jean is internationally known as a pioneer in kinesthetic teaching strategies that apply brain research findings to classroom practice. She is the author of Thinking on Your Feet, a collection of over 200 lessons that use movement to reinforce academic concepts across the curriculum and co-creator with Cindy Hess of the Action Based Learning Lab. Jean’s energetic, informative, interactive presentations have wowed participants all over the world and in all fifty states. She has been featured on radio, on TV, and in newspaper articles as an expert in the field of children’s health and learning. Jean is definitely a “Teacher’s Teacher”.
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More about Jean
- 30 years teaching experience in 3-5th grade classroom, K-6th, Physical Education, and university level.
- Master Level Presenter for brain-based Learning for Jensen Learning
- Featured presenter at the Brain Expos in USA and England
- PE4Life Advocacy Award winner in 2005
- 1993 Texas AAHPERD and NASPE Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year representing 13 states in the Southern District
- Co-creator with Cindy Hess of The Action Based Learning Lab, touted as the most exciting new program in early childhood physical education.
- Married to wonderful Steve Madigan, a mother of 2 daughters and 3 step-daughters, and a proud grandmother of seven!
Eric Jensen, author and presenter says “Jean Blaydes Madigan is one dynamic, smart, role-modeling lighthouse for all of us trying to integrate more movement into the learning, a sizzling leader in the field!”
Dr. Rich Allen, master of facilitation skills says: “Jean Blaydes Madigan is one of the most dynamic and inspirational presenters on the educational scene today, one of the few “don’t miss” trainers in the brain based field. She combines high-level presentations with groundbreaking content to create workshops that are truly topnotch.”
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