Teach The Way The Brain Learns
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Teach the Way the Brain Learns
Author: Madlon T. Laster
language: en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Release Date: 2009-06-16
Teach the Way the Brain Learns discusses organizing learning experiences under themes. Once the brain has stored basic concepts in the curriculum, the storing-by-association system of the brain attaches new information to those basic concepts, building new ones as students have learning experiences that involve them in integrated subject matter. Thematic teaching has been around for quite a while, stemming from John Dewey and 'learning by doing.' Teachers need to return to it in view of the effects of narrowed curricula resulting from nationwide emphasis on testing and on rating schools based on student achievement. This book provides ways for teachers to link subjects and areas of learning for various teaching situations and takes readers from simple correlation through using published thematic units now available and on to developing their own interdisciplinary themes or in team efforts with other colleagues.
We're Born to Learn
`This author not only summarizes the theories and research regarding how the brain functions in the process of learning--natural learning--she also shows how she has continued to apply it in her own teaching and learning′ - Robert Pinney, Director, Extension Teacher Education Programs, Western Washington University `This is an important and useful book--readable, practical, and inspiring advice for the practicing teacher. This is a great translation of theory into practice, and Rita′s stories of her own work are especially compelling′ - Jean MacGregor, National Learning Communities Project, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington This book is intended to make it possible for all students to realize their potential as natural learners. It shows teachers how to make this possible - not with attention-getting activities that are more or less peripheral to the curriculum, but with the curriculum itself. Written for all teachers from K-12 through higher education, as well as future educators, this volume also provides information for parents, students in general, and everyone who wants to know how the brain learns. Chapters Two and Three discuss two areas of research related to learning: classroom/field research and neuroscience research. These two areas are brought together in Chapter Six, leading to principles for developing brain-compatible, natural-learning curricula for any subject at any level. The author provides examples of classroom-proven applications of the theory, and Chapters Eight and Nine, using guidelines and models, show how this research-based theory can be applied to the development of curricula for any classroom. Examples of how to develop lesson plans and curricula for a unit, course, or program will be useful for teachers in all subjects.
How the Brain Learns
Explores new research in brain functioning and translates that information into classroom activities and strategies.