Barringer / Pohlman / Robinson Schools for All Kinds of Minds

Boosting Student Success by Embracing Learning Variation
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-470-60948-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten, E-Book

This book shows how schools can--and must--develop expertisein "learning variation" (understanding how different kinds of mindslearn) and apply this knowledge to classroom instruction in orderto address the chronic learning challenges and achievement gapfaced by millions of students. Barringer shows how using what weknow about learning variation with a focus on discovering learningstrengths, not just deficits, can help schools create plansfor success for those students who often find it elusive. The bookspecifically addresses how school leaders can incorporate thisknowledge into instructional practice and school-level policythrough various professional development strategies.
Schools for All Kinds of Minds:
* Provides a readable synthesis of the latest research fromneuroscience, cognitive science, and child and adolescentdevelopment as it relates to understanding learning and its manyvariations.
* Links this information to strategies for understandingstruggling learners and adapting school practices to accommodate awider array of learning differences in a classroom.
* Demonstrates how this understanding of learning variation canchange the way teachers and others help students succeed in variousacademic and content areas and acquire necessary 21st centuryskills.
* Includes discussion questions and facilitator guidelines forstaff developers and teacher education programs; downloadable formsthat accompany exercises from within the book; an action plan forschools to implement the ideas found in the book; and more.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barringer, Mary-Dean

Pohlman, Craig

Robinson, Michele

Weitere Mitwirkende

Orfalea, P.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword: America Needs all Kinds of Minds.
Acknowledgments.
About the Authors.
Introduction: An Enduring Dilemma.
1 Understanding Learning as the Core Business of Schools.
2 Bringing the Science of Learning into the Classroom.
3 Key Ingredients of Learning.
4 Digging Deeper: Knowing Students as Learners.
5 Building on Student Assets.
6 Looking Deeper: A Fresh Perspective on Behavior.
7 Boosting Writing Achievement Through the Science ofLearning.
8 Getting Started: Creating Schools for All Kinds of Minds.
Appendix A: Glossary of Key Terms.
Appendix B: All Kinds of Minds Schools of Distinction.
Appendix C: The Effects of the Schools Attuned Program: ASnapshot of Research Results.
Appendix D: Programs from All Kinds of Minds.
Appendix E: All Kinds of Minds Web Site Resources.
Notes.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Mary-Dean Barringer is CEO of All Kinds of Minds, anonprofit organization that translates the latest research fromneuroscience and other disciplines on how children learn into apowerful framework for educators. She was a founding board memberof the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and thenserved as vice president of Outreach and Mobilization for thatnon-profit education organization from 1990 to 2000.
Craig Pohlman, Ph.D., is the director of Mind Matters atSoutheast Psych, a learning assessment and consultation program inCharlotte, North Carolina. He is the author of RevealingMinds and How Can My Kid Succeed in School?, both fromJossey-Bass.
Michele Robinson has worked with All Kinds of Minds invarious capacities--developing program curricula, trainingfacilitators, supporting research, and translating the knowledgebase. She has personally taught thousands of educators the AllKinds of Minds approach.