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This comprehensive reader presents an accessible overview of
recent brain research and contains valuable insights into how
students learn and how we should teach them. It includes
articles from the top thinkers in both the brain science and K-12
education fields, such as Joseph LeDoux, Howard Gardner, Sally
Shaywitz, and John Bransford. This rich and varied volume offers
myriad perspectives on the brain, mind, and education, and features
twenty-six chapters in seven primary areas of interest:
An overview of the brain
The brain-based learning debate
Memory, cognition, and intelligence
Emotional and social foundations
The arts
When the brain works differently
Auteur
Jossey-Bass is a leading educational publisher, whose books have been cited for excellence by major education associations--the American Educational Research Association, the National School Boards Association, and the American Educational Studies Association. The Jossey-Bass Education Reader series offers both the student and practitioner collections of vital information on various topics in education.
Résumé
This comprehensive reader presents an accessible overview of recent brain research and contains valuable insights into how students learn and how we should teach them. It includes articles from the top thinkers in both the brain science and K-12 education fields, such as Joseph LeDoux, Howard Gardner, Sally Shaywitz, and John Bransford. This rich and varied volume offers myriad perspectives on the brain, mind, and education, and features twenty-six chapters in seven primary areas of interest:
Contenu
Sources vii
About the Authors xi
Acknowledgments xvi
Introduction xvii
PART ONE An Overview of the Brain
How Our Brain Constructs Our Mental World 3
Richard Restak
Mirrors in the Mind 12
Giacomo Rizzolatti, Leonardo Fogassi, and Vittorio Gallese
Alphabetized Entries from How to Explain a Brain 20
Robert Sylwester
PART TWO The Brain in the Classroom: The Brain-Based Learning Debate
Neuroscience and Education 33
Usha Goswami
In Search of . . . Brain-Based Education 51
John T. Bruer
Learning Not by Chance: Enrichment in the Classroom 70
Marian C. Diamond and Janet Hopson
Mind and Brain 89
John D. Bransford, Ann L. Brown, and Rodney R. Cocking
PART THREE The Thinking Brain: Memory, Cognition, and Intelligence
Learning and Remembering 109
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore and Uta Frith
Who Owns Intelligence? 120
Howard Gardner
The Balance Theory of Wisdom 13
Robert J. Sternberg
Remembrance of Emotions Past 151
Joseph LeDoux
PART FOUR The Feeling Brain: Emotional and Social Foundations
We Feel, Therefore We Learn: The Relevance of Affective and Social Neuroscience to Education 183
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and Antonio Damasio
Selections from Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers 199
Robert M. Sapolsky
The Effect of Violence and Stress in Kids' Brains 216
Ronald Kotulak
PART FIVE The Learning Brain: Language, Reading, and Math
The Literate Brain 229
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore and Uta Frith
Why Some Smart People Can't Read 242
Sally Shaywitz
What Happens in the Brain When Children Read 251
Patricia Wolfe and Pamela Nevills
Small Heads for Big Calculations 273
Stanislas Dehaene
Math Skills 301
James P. Byrnes
PART SIX The Learning Brain: The Arts
The Brain and the Arts 331
David A. Sousa
The Role of the Arts in Transforming Consciousness: Education Is the Process of Learning How to Invent Yourself 359
Elliot W. Eisner
My Favorite Thing: Why Do We Like the Music We Like? 370
Daniel J. Levitin
PART SEVEN The Exceptional Brain: When It Works Differently
Exploring Exceptional Brains 385
Eric Jensen
Selections from The Minds of Boys 405
Michael Gurian and Kathy Stevens
The Great Continuum: Diagnosing Autism 413
Temple Grandin
Broken Mirrors: A Theory of Autism 435
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran and Lindsay M. Oberman
Glossary 445
Credit Lines 455