A child's brain : the need for nurture / / Robert Sylwester

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910480482203321
• Autore: Sylwester Robert
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin, a SAGE Company, , [2010]; ©2010
• ISBN: 1-4522-7178-X; 1-4522-1444-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 p.)
• Disciplina: 155.4
• Soggetti: Cognitive learning; Brain; Effective teaching; Early childhood education; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "A SAGE Company."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-176) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Understanding childhood. Nature and nurture: from past to present : The nature of life ; Biological range ; Nature and nurture ; Heritability -- Mastering movement: from imitation to exploration : Mirror neurons ; Mastering movement ; Psychological movement -- Brain organization: from input to output : Our brain's functional organization ; Locating childhood behavior within our brain ; The cerebral hemispheres -- Development and growth: from womb to world : Growth and development as reductive -- pt. 2. Nurturing childhood. Nurturing: from unconditional love to behavioral limits : Bonding ; Regulating -- Family and friends: from close to loose bonds : Childhood play ; School and citizenship -- Nutrition: from necessary to nice : Family food patterns ; Nutrition ; Preferences and aversions -- The unexpected: from joys and toys to fears and tears : Emotion and feelings ; Attention ; Attentional disorders ; Sudden spontaneous influences -- Childhood illness: from short to long term : Invasions ; Insurrections ; Death ; The nurturing tasks of parents and educators -- Intelligence, creativity, and the arts: from what is to what could be : Intelligence ; Creativity: The arts -- Home and beyond home: from ; biology to technology : Direct and personal interaction ; Electronically augmented interaction -- Preparing for adolescence: from a sheltered childhood toward an autonomous adulthood : Parallel environments ; Brain dichotomies ; A social species ; An extended development ; The arts -- Appendix A: Neurons and glial cells : Neurons ; Glial cells -- Appendix B: Theories of multiple intelligences.
• Sommario/riassunto: Written for parents and educators, this guide explains the latest neuroscience research regarding how a child's brain works and how to nurture children for optimal development.<b></b>