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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810703003321

Autore

McNeil Frank <1938->

Titolo

Learning with the brain in mind / / Frank McNeil

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2009

ISBN

1-4129-4525-9

1-282-62376-1

9786612623769

0-85702-684-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 202 p.) : ill

Disciplina

370.1523

Soggetti

Learning, Psychology of

Memory in children

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-192) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Seeing inside the brain; 2 A journey round the brain; 3 Pay attention and get connected!; 4 Learning and the emotions; 5 Memory, the brain and learning; 6 The social brain and brain plasticity; Appendix: suggestions for some themes of professional development; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Using his findings to present practical strategies for enhancing pupil learning, Frank McNeil explores recent research in neuroscience and combines this with learning in three interconnected ways: attention, emotions, and memory.