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Explains to educators the neuropsychological functions of the brain during learning and how the brain and learning are affected by health, stress, and teaching approaches. Also suggests how the information can be used to help design and run more effective learning experiences for students. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Raise the bar with the best of what is known about how the brain/mind learns Higher-order skills such as critical thinking, planning, decision-making and persistence are the key to success for today’s students. Fully revised to respond to the Common Core and other timely developments, this indispensable guide builds the bridge from brain research to classroom practice. The updated third edition offers More strategies to deeply engage students and build foundational learning skills Guidance on peer-based professional development through Process Learning Circles Reflective questions and checklists for assessing progress Updated, real-life examples Bridge research to practice through these innovative strategies to create a school environment where students and faculty learn and thrive.
With updated research, revised sections on leadership, and new anecdotes, this second edition helps teachers and students reach higher performance levels based on how the brain learns.
With updated research, revised sections on leadership, and new anecdotes, this second edition helps teachers and students reach higher performance levels based on how the brain learns.
Why do video games fascinate kids so much that they will spend hours pursuing a difficult skill? Why don't they apply this kind of intensity to their school work? In their most penetrating and important work in years, these two leaders in the field of brain-based education build a bridge to the future of education with a dynamic model of teaching that works for all grade levels and in all cultural and ethnic groups. The authors' education model, the "Guided Experience Approach," is based on the way that biologists see learning as a totally natural, continuous interaction between perception and action. Natural Learning for a Connected World provides a practical, step-by-step description and successful examples from practice of this perception action cycle so that we can finally provide the learning environments essential for our children to thrive in the knowledge age.
Everyone agrees that improving education is vital, but people disagree on what to do. Business, parents, politicians, the media and educators all voice strong and conflicting opinions. The public needs to have the issues clarified, and to see a path that will work. There ARE ways to raise standards, but most current education reform is moving in precisely the wrong direction. The key to higher test results is to teach so that students can show what they know through real-world performance. Read this book to discover what does and does not work at every grade level, and learn what actions you can take. Features: _ Sheds light on the competing points of view. _ Explains how traditional teaching, testing and schooling developed. _ Describes a more powerful approach to education that engages student brains much more effectively. _ Shows how great schools and ordinary people from around the world use this 'guided experience' approach. _ Explains why public education resists change, no matter what research proves.
In this book educators will find out what happened when authors took their theory of learning, which is based on a wholistic interpretation of brain research, and strived to bring it to life in two schools.
-How to create a field of listening.
Formerly published by Zephyr Press Explore more than 120 user-friendly, field-tested learning strategies for brain-based teaching that optimizes learning, taps into students' creativity, boosts teachers' instructional effectiveness, and raises student achievement.
This landmark book has been radically revised and updated with the best, latest information from brain research and teacher feedback. Teachers, administrators, and policy-makers will have a road map for staff development and school change that clarifies the personal and systemic changes that schools need to make for success in the 21st century. Provided are updated material in a field where knowledge has expanded rapidly over the last six years; 12 brain/mind principles with a greater emphasis on the social brain and the developmental aspects of learning; emphasis on the education of the whole child rather than a focus on individual subjects; clarification of what high standards really are and what it takes to reach them; and a small-group process for creating a climate of safety and challenge for teachers and administrators.