Unleashing the potential of the teenage brain : 10 powerful ideas / / Barry Corbin

• Autore: Corbin Barry <1946->
• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2008; ©2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (168 p.)
• Disciplina: 370.15/23
• Soggetto topico: Learning, Psychology of; Teenagers - Education; Effective teaching; Adolescent psychology; Brain - Growth
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Part I - Discovering the Teenage Brain""; ""Chapter 1 - 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 Model""; ""Chapter 2 - Adolescence and the Teenage Brainâ€?What is Different and How Do We Know?"" ; ""Adolescenceâ€?Just the Quick Facts!""""The Teenage Brainâ€?What We had Believed""; ""How Neuroscience and Medical Technology are Changing Our Ideas about the Teenage Brain""; ""The Future of Brain Imaging""; ""Chapter 3 - Big Changes in the Teenage Brain: What We have Learned and are Learning""; ""The Teenage Brainâ€?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 Iâ€?Reflection and Review"" ; ""Part II - Ten Powerful Ideas about the Brain and Learning and What it Means for Teaching the Teenage Brain""""Chapter 4 - Powerful Idea #1: Constructing New Knowledge""; ""What Powerful Idea #1 Means for Teachers: Helping Teenagers Construct Personal Meaning""; ""How it Might Lookâ€?A Case Study “Saving the Old Victoria Street Schoolâ€?""; ""Constructivist Teaching Strategies""; ""Chapter 5 - Powerful Idea #2: Different Ways of Learning""; ""Being Smartâ€?Human Intelligence""; ""Preferred Ways of Learningâ€?Our Learning Styles"" ; ""What Powerful Idea #2 Means for Teachers: Teaching to Each Unique Brain""""Unleashing the Potential of the Teenage Brainâ€?Six Things You Ought to Do""; ""How it Might Lookâ€?A Case Study “Ms. Taylorâ€?s Meteorology Unitâ€?""; ""Chapter 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 Lookâ€?A Case Study “Mrs. Parasiukâ€?s Poetry Classâ€?""; ""Chapter 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 Lookâ€?A Case Study “Whole-Brain Assessment in Mr. Amosâ€?s Horticulture Classâ€?""; ""Chapter 8 - Powerful Idea #5: Multiple Memory Pathways""; ""Different Kinds of Memoryâ€?Declarative Versus Procedural""; ""Learning and Memory""; ""What Powerful Idea #5 Means for Teachers: Using Multiple Memory Pathways""; ""How it Might Lookâ€?A Case Study “Mrs. Singhâ€?s Musical Scienceâ€?"" ; ""Chapter 9 - Powerful Idea #6: Physical Activity and Movement""
• Sommario/riassunto: Provides teachers with specific guidelines to establish an optimal learning environment for teenagers and offers case studies that illustrate how to translate theory into workable classroom practice.
• Titolo autorizzato: Unleashing the potential of the teenage brain
• ISBN: 1-4522-9437-2; 1-4522-9761-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797466803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II