Zadina Multiple Pathways to the Student Brain

Energizing and Enhancing Instruction
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-58486-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

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

From an award-winning neuroscience researcher with twenty yearsof teaching experience, Multiple Pathways to the StudentBrain uses educator-friendly language to explain how the brainlearns. Steering clear of "neuro-myths," Dr. JanetZadina discusses multiple brain pathways for learning andprovides practical advice for creating a brain-compatibleclassroom.
While there are an abundance of books and workshops that aim tointegrate education and brain science, educators are seldom givenconcrete, actionable advice that makes a difference in theclassroom. Multiple Pathways to the Student Brain bridgesthat divide by providing examples of strategies forday-to-day instruction aligned with the latest brain science. The book explains not only the sensory/motor pathways that arefamiliar to most educators (visual, auditory, and kinesthetic), italso explores the lesser known pathways--reward/survival, language,social, emotional, frontal lobe, and memory/attention--and how theycan be tapped to energize and enhance instruction.
Educators are forever searching for new and improved ways toconvey information and inspire curiosity, and research suggeststhat exploiting different pathways may have a major effect onlearning. Multiple Pathways to the Student Brain allowsreaders to see brain science through the eyes of ateacher--and teaching through the eyes of a brainscientist.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zadina, Janet

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix
Preface xi
Introduction 1
1 How the BrainThinks and Learns 9
2 The SensoryMotor Pathway 35
3 The Emotion Pathway 63
4 The Reward Pathway 89
5 The Attention andMemory Pathways 109
6 The Language andMath Pathways 133
7 The Frontal Lobe Executive Function Pathway 165
8 The Social Pathway 187
9 The Big Picture 211
Bibliography 239
The Author 259
Index 261

Über Autor(innen)

JANET N. ZADINA, PHD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology, Tulane University School of Medicine. A former classroom teacher, Dr. Zadina won the Society of Neuroscience's 2011 Science Educator Award for her work training educators in brain processes.