Teaching with the brain in mind /

Explores how to improve student achievement and create a more effective classroom by applying brain research to teaching. Includes insights on how students are wired for learning and how their learning behaviors change as they mature.

Библиографические подробности
Главный автор: Jensen, Eric, 1950- (Автор)
Формат: Licensed eBooks
Язык:английский
Опубликовано: Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, ©2005.
Редактирование:2nd edition, revised and updated.
Серии:Gale virtual reference library.
Online-ссылка:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=141347
Оглавление:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Meet your amazing brain
  • Basic brain anatomy
  • How the brain changes over time
  • Cooperation and competition in the brain
  • How the brain learns
  • Part 2. Preparing the brain for school
  • What to do to get a child's brain ready for school
  • Sensitive periods in brain development
  • Developing social and emotional skills
  • The importance of nutrition
  • The dynamic teenage brain
  • Part 3. Rules we learn by
  • Increasing student engagement
  • Variations on repetition
  • The importance of prior knowledge and mental models
  • Taking advantage of the body's natural rhythms
  • The role of hormones
  • Trial-and-error learning
  • How positive and negative emotions affect the brain
  • Part 4. Movement and learning
  • The mind-body link
  • How exercise affects cognition
  • The importance of play, recess, and physical education
  • Part 5. Emotional states
  • Why emotions are now "mainstream"
  • How emotions are processed in the brain
  • The power of emotional states
  • How to influence emotional states
  • Part 6. Physical environments for learning
  • Why research on the physical environment has spawned new interest among neuroscientists
  • How seating, temperature, lighting, noise, and overall building design affect learning
  • Factors to consider for designing smarter schools
  • Part 7. Managing the social brain
  • How social interaction affects the brain and cognition
  • The impact of stress, bonding, bias, and peer pressure
  • How to make school a more positive social experience
  • Part 8. Motivation and engagement
  • Common causes of demotivation
  • The brain's reaction to rewards
  • The nature of intrinsic motivation
  • Tools for motivation
  • The supercamp model
  • Part 9. Critical thinking skills
  • How gender, culture, disorders, and life experience shape a unique brain
  • How the brain tackles problem solving
  • How the brain's maturation process affects learning
  • How the brain adapts to changing circumstances
  • Part 10. Memory and recall
  • Links between memory and survival
  • How the brain encodes and maintains memory
  • The different kinds of memory
  • Ways to enhance memory retrieval
  • Part 11. Brain-based teaching
  • What to do before, during, and after teaching to take full advantage of what we know about the brain and learning
  • Part 12. Schools with the brain in mind
  • Connecting brain research to curriculum, assessment, and staff development
  • Supporting good instruction and good instructors
  • Change with the brain in mind
  • Glossary of brain terms
  • References
  • Follow-up References
  • Index
  • About the Author.