Questions Kids Ask About Their Brains
Teachers' College Press (Verlag)
978-0-8077-6964-5 (ISBN)
Book Features:
A window into students' thoughts and concerns about themselves as learners and beings in today's complex world.
A special chapter for classroom teachers with activities and guidance for integrating the information into P–12 lessons.
Big Ideas for readers looking for solutions they can quickly implement in their classroom.
Detailed answers, along with QR codes to the research articles behind them, for readers looking for more in-depth knowledge about learning and the brain.
Insights from a year-long international study in 21 countries that asked kids what they wanted to know about their own brains.
Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa, Ph.D., is an instructor at the Harvard University Extension School in a course called the Neuroscience of Learning: An Introduction to Mind, Brain, Health, and Education. She has taught at kindergarten through university levels, is the associate editor of the peer-reviewed journal Science of Learning, and is an international educational consultant. Her books include Bringing the Neuroscience of Learning to Online Teaching: An Educator's Handbook and The New Science of Teaching and Learning.
Preface: Question as a Gateway to the Mind
How to Read this Book
1. The Pedagogy of Listening
Where the Questions Come From
2. Life Changes the Learning Brain
What You Know Influences What You Can Know Educators, Mind, and Brain
3. Identity: Who Am I?
Similarities and Differences
Nature via Nurture Plus Free Will
Perception
Self-Awareness
Summary
Resources to Extend Learning
4. Structure: What Is the Physical Structure of the Brain?
Color and Texture
Weight and Size
Divisions of the Brain
Hemispheres and Laterality
Neurons and Synapses
Blood and Nerves
Summary
Resources to Extend Learning on Brain Structure
5. Growth: How Does the Brain Develop?
Babies' Brains
Children's Brains
Adolescent Brains
Adult Brains
Old Age
Brain Death
Afterlife
Summary
Resources to Extend Learning on Brain Structure
6. Function: How Does the Brain Work and Stay Healthy?
Brain-Body Connection
Control
Sleep and Dreaming
Nutrition
Physical Activity
Summary
Resources to Extend Learning
7. Emotions and Feelings: What Does My Brain Have to Do With My Feelings?
Emotional Processing
Emotional Triggers
Emotional Load
Relationships
Stress
Anxiety
Anger
Fear
Positive Emotions
Happiness
Love
Motivation, Boredom and Procrastination
Summary
Resources to Extend Learning
8. Memory, Attention, and Executive Functions: What Are the Building Blocks of All Learning?
Memory
Creation of New Memories
Storage
Capacity
Retrieval
Forgetting
Attention
Default Mode Network
Preference, Bias, and Distraction
Attention Spans Are Changed By Technology
Déjà Vu
Executive Functions
Activities That Help Executive Functions
Summary
Resources To Extend Learning
9. Learning: How Does Stuff Get Into Our Brains so We Can Use It in the Future?
Processing
Connectivity
Cognitive Load
Maximum Potential
Innate Intelligence
Best Learning
Speed and Range
Genius, Gifted, And Talented
Creativity and Imagiation
Problem Solving
Training and Studying
Summary
Resources to Extend Learning
10. Problems That Impede Learning: Why Are There Brains That Work a Little Bit Differently?
Dyslexia
ADHD
Executive Dysfuntion
Headaches and Brain Damage
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Addiction
Psychopaths
Brain Health
Summary
Resources to Extend Learning
11. Final Thoughts
References
Index
About the Author
Erscheinungsdatum | 25.04.2024 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 229 mm |
Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8077-6964-9 / 0807769649 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8077-6964-5 / 9780807769645 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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