Cantitate/Preț
Produs

We're Born to Learn: Using the Brain's Natural Learning Process to Create Today's Curriculum

Autor Rita Smilkstein
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 mai 2011
In this updated edition of the extraordinary book that linked brain research and the classroom, Smilkstein incorporates all-new research on brain-compatible teaching and the implications of the brain's natural learning process for how teachers can design and deliver effective lesson plans and curriculum. The author's unique research with almost 7,000 students and educators reveals how people experience their own natural learning. In this book Smilkstein breaks down the physiological as well as the emotional development of learning into practitioner-friendly terms well-grounded in research, with special emphasis in this revised edition upon the use of technology in schools; strategies to reach gifted students as well as those who are diagnosed with ADD, ADHD, and autism spectrum disorders; and upon the 7 magic words—"see if you can figure this out"—that lie at the heart of curriculum development to engage all learners.
Citește tot Restrânge

Preț: 30383 lei

Nou

Puncte Express: 456

Preț estimativ în valută:
5818 6297$ 4851£

Carte tipărită la comandă

Livrare economică 09-23 decembrie

Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781412979382
ISBN-10: 1412979382
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.55 kg
Ediția:Second Edition
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Corwin
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States

Recenzii

"I encountered Rita Smilkstein's work as I struggled with teaching entry level students on an Indian Reservation. The natural human learning process described in the book transformed my experience. My students were engaged, attending classes, and reprogramming their past from the frame of 'failure' to the frame of 'born to learn.' No teacher, new or experienced, should enter any class without a copy of this book."
"Dr. Rita Smilkstein has inspired thousands of students and educators with her practical application of the Natural Human Learning Process. This new edition brings us up-to-date, and maintains the clarity and generosity of spirit that is Smilkstein's trademark.  Her enthusiasm rekindles the joy of learning that is hard-wired in all of us. If you read one book this year, make it We're Born to Learn, then put it into action."
"We're Born to Learn is one of the most valuable instructional tools teachers will ever use.  Knowing 'how' students learn should be absolutely mandatory, yet is rarely taught in college prep. All teachers believe that they are teaching, but few know how students actually learn, and don't consider how the brain processes new information while developing their lesson plans. Dr. Smilkstein likens the learning brain to twigs on a tree; the twigs grow from a branch that is already there (prior knowledge). After reading this book, the most treasured seven words in every classroom will be, 'See if you can figure this out.'"
"Dr. Rita Smilkstein offers a prescription for what ails our developmental students: lack of critical thinking, lack of understanding of the learning process, etc. While the previous edition is a must read, this latest edition is teaching and learning’s pharmacology textbook…a collector’s item for developmental education."
"This book is a must read for anyone with ADHD or ADD students who are drowning in the public education system. The author presents recent research that opens the door for teachers to immediately create an environment conducive to helping these students learn." 
"Packs in in practical methods for achievement and is a top pick for any education collection."

Cuprins

Foreword by James H. Berry
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
What This Book Is About
Why Study the Brain?
Experienced Educators and the Research
The Learning Paradigm
Assumptions
Where We Have Been
Where We Are Today
This Book
PART I: Research in the Classroom and in the Brain Lab
1. Learning and Teaching
Eye-Opening Experiences in the Classroom
The Natural Human Learning Process and Brain Research
The Breakthrough Classroom
The Research-Based Stages, Curriculum, and Lesson Plans
2. How People Learn: The Natural Human Learning Process (NHLP)
Critical and Creative Thinking by Infants and Children
An Example of Children’s Critical and Creative Thinking
Critical and Creative Thinking in School
The Natural Human Learning Process and School
The Natural Human Learning Process (NHLP) Research
After the Research Is Over
Research Reports
The Importance of Making Mistakes
Where We Go From Here
3. How the Brain Learns: The Brain’s Natural Learning Process
Introducing the Brain
Getting to Know the Brain
How the Brain Learns
Convergence of Ceiling Levels and Neural Networks
Pruning
Experience and Brain Growth
Constructivism
How the Brain Thinks and Remembers
The Brain’s Innate Resources and Rules
Children’s Brains and Adults’ Brains
The Brain Grows Holistically with Plasticity
Implications for Curriculum Development
What About Piaget?
The Breakthrough Theory of Learning
4. Personal Experience, Individual Differences, and Learning
Emotions and the Brain
Negative and Positive Self-Image Networks
Learning from Experience
Learning Styles, Preferences, and Multiple Intelligences
Gifted Students
Aptitudes
Special Needs, Learning Differences, Autism, ADD, and ADHD
The Seven Magic Words: See If You Can Figure It Out
Tests
Beyond Individual Differences
A Handout for Students
5. The Student’s Experience: Metacognition, Motivation, Self-Evaluation, Achievement, and Technology Self Taught
Metacognition and Motivation
Intrinsic Rewards
Removing the Barriers
Self-Evaluation and Metacognition
Another Metacognitive Experience
Achievement
Writing Samples
Age and Achievement
Technology Self Taught
PART II: Theory and Application
6. Sequencing of the Curriculum
Challenges
The Missing Link
Two Problems
Neuroscience and Education
Converging Research
The Theory and Guide
Putting the Theory into Practice
Thinking at Higher Levels
Constructing New Knowledge
Planning the Sequence of the Units or Topics in a Curriculum
Using a Causal Sequence
Learning Activities for Units and Topics
The First Activity
Two Classroom Examples
Students and the NHLP
Developing a Curriculum
Young Students Thinking at a High Level
The NHLP in the Classroom
7. The Pedagogical Model and Guidelines
Transfer
Four Effective Instructional Practices
NHLP Pedagogical Guidelines
Assessment
Education Courses or Faculty Development Programs
Good News
PART III: Using the Brain’s Natural Learning Process to Create Curriculum
8. Brain-Based, Natural Learning Across the Curriculum
The Seven Magic Words in Action
Safety
Respect
The Opportunity to Learn Naturally
The Critical First Stages
The Introduction-to-Poetry Unit
Front Loading
A Science Learning Activity about the Concept of Buoyancy
A Unit for Library Orientation
A Unit for Introduction to Safety Procedures
A Science Learning Activity about Water
A Unit for Learning How to Take Lecture Notes
The NHLP Planning Guidelines and Pedagogy
9. Curriculum Development for Units, Courses, and Programs
Where to Start
Curriculum Development Guidelines
A Unit on Literal and Inferential Meaning
A Unit on an Introduction to Egypt
A Unit on an Introduction to Fractions
A Basic Grammar Curriculum: A Sequence of Units for a Whole Course
A Developmental English Curriculum: Courses in a Program
References
General Bibliography
Index

Descriere

This updated book on the brain's natural learning process offers practical methods for teaching all students to take responsibility for their own success.