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Unleashing the Potential of the Teenage Brain

Ten Powerful Ideas
BuchGebunden
168 Seiten
Englisch
Corwinerschienen am12.09.2007
This volume offers the latest in neuroscientific research about the teenage brain and explores what it means for the socio-emotional and intellectual development of teenagers. The book is designed to help teachers create and utilize more effective learning experiences for their adolescent students. Using ten powerful ideas that will help teachers create more effective brain compatible classrooms, the author draws the ideas from what we presently know about the teenage brain and its development, and integrates them with current ideas and theories on intelligence and learning. Each of the 10 powerful ideas includes: - case studies and numerous examples of teaching strategies and activities designed to show teachers how to translate the theory of the ten ideas into workable classroom practice- descriptions of the changing and differing roles and expectations for both teachers and students in the brain-compatible classroom- extensive explanations of the kind of learning environment we need to establish and how teachers ought to go about establishing this desired learning environment. This is an ideal resource for teachers, teacher educators, and parents of teenagers.mehr
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Produkt

KlappentextThis volume offers the latest in neuroscientific research about the teenage brain and explores what it means for the socio-emotional and intellectual development of teenagers. The book is designed to help teachers create and utilize more effective learning experiences for their adolescent students. Using ten powerful ideas that will help teachers create more effective brain compatible classrooms, the author draws the ideas from what we presently know about the teenage brain and its development, and integrates them with current ideas and theories on intelligence and learning. Each of the 10 powerful ideas includes: - case studies and numerous examples of teaching strategies and activities designed to show teachers how to translate the theory of the ten ideas into workable classroom practice- descriptions of the changing and differing roles and expectations for both teachers and students in the brain-compatible classroom- extensive explanations of the kind of learning environment we need to establish and how teachers ought to go about establishing this desired learning environment. This is an ideal resource for teachers, teacher educators, and parents of teenagers.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-4129-5762-5
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2007
Erscheinungsdatum12.09.2007
Seiten168 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 221 mm, Höhe 286 mm, Dicke 14 mm
Gewicht701 g
Artikel-Nr.14261927

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
AcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorPart I. Discovering the Teenage Brain1. Introduction: The Creatures in the Classroom! Those Exasperating and Unfathomable Teenagers How Do We Reach and Teach Those Unpredictable Teenage Brains? Wanted: A New Approach to Teaching Teenagers! Why Educators Need to Learn About the Teenage Brain Brain-Compatible Teaching and the New Science of Learning The Emergence of a New Pedagogical Model2. Adolescence and the Teenage Brain--What Is Different and How Do We Know? Adolescence--Just the Quick Facts! The Teenage Brain--What We Had Believed How Neuroscience and Medical Technology Are Changing Our Ideas About the Teenage Brain The Future of Brain Imaging3. Big Changes in the Teenage Brain: What We Have Learned and Are Learning The Teenage Brain--A Work in Progress From Back to Front: Brain Growth, Neuron Proliferation and Pruning, Myelin Development What It All Means (We Think!) Looking Back at Part I : Reflection and ReviewPart II. Ten Powerful Ideas About the Brain and Learning and What It Means for Teaching the Teenage Brain4. Powerful Idea #1: Constructing New Knowledge What Powerful Idea #1 Means for Teachers: Helping Teenagers Construct Personal Meaning How It Might Look--A Case Study: "Saving the Old Victoria Street School" Constructivist Teaching Strategies5. Powerful Idea #2: Different Ways of Learning Being Smart-- Human Intelligence Preferred Ways of Learning--Our Learning Styles What Powerful Idea #2 Means for Teachers: Teaching to Each Unique Brain Unleashing the Potential of the Teenage Brain: Six Things You Ought to Do How It Might Look--A Case Study: "Ms. Taylor's Meteorology Unit"6. Powerful Idea #3: Making Meaning, Connections, and Patterns What Powerful Idea #3 Means for Teachers: Developing Pattern Making and Detecting Abilities Some Strategies for You to Consider How It Might Look--A Case Study: "Mrs. Parasiuk's Poetry Class"7. Powerful Idea #4: Whole-Brain Learning Left, Right, or Both Brains? What Powerful Idea #4 Means for Teachers: Effective Ways to Make Your Classroom Teaching Whole Brain How It Might Look--A Case Study: "Whole-Brain Assessment in Mr. Amos' Horticulture Class"8. Powerful Idea #5: Multiple Memory Pathways Different Kinds of Memory--Declarative Versus Procedural Learning and Memory What Powerful Idea #5 Means for Teachers: Using Multiple Memory Pathways How It Might Look--A Case Study: "Mrs. Singh's Musical Science"9. Powerful Idea #6: Physical Activity and Movement Exercise For the Brain What Powerful Idea #6 Means for Teachers: Utilizing Physical Activity to Enhance Learning How It Might Look--A Case Study: "Kinesthetic Learning in High School Biology"10. Powerful Idea #7: Memory, Learning, and Emotion Too Much or Too Little? The Impact of High Stress and Threat Brain Attention and Focus Motivation and Engagement What Powerful Idea #7 Means for Teachers: Managing the Emotional Environment of the Classroom How It Might Look--A Case Study: "The Affirmative Mr. Hawkes"11. Powerful Idea #8: Reflection and Self-Assessment Knowing Oneself Reflection Metacognition What Powerful Idea #8 Means for Teachers: Developing Reflective Learners How It Might Look--A Case Study: "Feedback and Reflection in the Visual Arts Class"12. Powerful Idea #9: Social Interaction and Learning What Powerful Idea #9 Means for Teachers: Providing for Social Interaction and Collaboration How It Might Look--A Case Study: "A Jigsaw Activity in High School Political History"13. Powerful Idea #10: Time and Timing When Is the Best Time? An Optimal Time to Learn An Optimal Time Pattern for Learning The Optimal Times During the Learning Episode The Optimal Times During the Day What Powerful Idea #10 Means for Teachers: Taking Advantage of Time and Timing How It Might Look--A Case Study: "Mrs. Gregory's Lesson Planning" Looking Back at Part II - Reflection and ReviewPart III. The Classroom Environment and What Teachers and Students Should Be Doing14. The Learning Environment The Physical Environment The Socioemotional Environment The Intellectual Environment15. The Brain-Compatible Teacher: Changing and Evolving Roles A Complex and Challenging Profession! The Teacher as Facilitator, Orchestrator, and Conductor The Teacher as Coach and Model The Teacher as Continuous Learner The Teacher as Monitor, Assessor, and Evaluator The Teacher as a Resource16. Teenage Students: Higher Expectations and New Roles What We Want and Need From Our Teenage Students Looking Back at Part III - Reflection and ReviewPart IV. Now What? So What?-- Reflecting Upon What We Have Learned17. What Does It All Mean? A Quick Review: The Important Things We Have Learned What Do We Need to Do to Help Teenagers Reach Their Potential? Some Final Thoughts: Opening Doorways to Possibilities Wanted: An Epidemic for an IdeaGlossarySuggested ReadingsBibliographyIndexmehr

Autor

Barry Corbin, M.Ed., is an educational consultant and part-time lecturer in the School of Education, Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada. He is recently retired from the Annapolis Valley Regional School Board, where he served for over 30 years as teacher, school administrator, curriculum and program consultant and staff developer. Barry has also served as consultant and advisor to several Department of Education initiatives for the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. In his last role with the AVRSB, he served as Youth Pathways and Transitions consultant where he was responsible for researching and developing alternate educational programs and pathways for under-achieving high school students. As an independent consultant, he frequently presents at professional development workshops and in-services on such topics as brain-compatible teaching and learning, multiple intelligences and learning styles, differentiated instruction, authentic assessment as well as collaborative/cooperative teaching strategies. His workshops are enthusiastically endorsed by those in attendance because he engages his audiences with many of the interactive strategies he advocates in his writing.

Barry holds a Bachelor of Science degree (geology) from Acadia University, a Bachelor of Education from the same institution and a Master of Education in Curriculum Development from St. Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is the co-author of two high school social studies texts used in Atlantic Canada.