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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459684703321

Autore

Rodriguez Vanessa <1976->

Titolo

The teaching brain : an evolutionary trait at the heart of education / / Vanessa Rodriguez with Michelle Fitzpatrick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : The New Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-62097-022-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

370.15/23

Soggetti

Learning, Psychology of

Cognitive learning

Teachers - Psychology

Teaching - Psychological aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

INTRODUCTION; 1 THE THEORIES THAT HAVE LED US ASTRAY; 2 COOKIE-CUTTER SOLUTIONS AND OTHER MISSTEPS OF EDUCATION REFORM; 3 UNDERSTANDING THE LEARNING BRAIN; 4 WHY DO WE NEED TEACHERS?; 5 TEACHING AS A SYSTEM OF SKILLS; 6 BECOMING AN EXPERT TEACHER; 7 DEVELOPING THE TEACHING BRAIN; 8 YOUR TEACHING BRAIN; 9 THE TEACHING BRAIN AND NEXT STEPS FOR EDUCATION REFORM; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHORS