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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive reader presents an accessible overview of recentbrain research and contains valuable insights into how students learn and how we should teach them.It includes articles from the top thinkers in both the brain science and K-12 education fields, such as Joseph LeDoux, Howard Gardner, Sally Shaywitz, and John Bransford. This rich and varied volume offers myriad perspectives on the brain, mind, and education, and features twenty-six chapters in seven primary areas of interest:
- An overview of the brain
- The brain-based learning debate
- Memory, cognition, and intelligence
- Emotional and social foundations
- The arts
- When the brain works differently
Trade Review"This is a solid introduction to the subject for a general reader" (
BookNews, 02/18/08)
Table of ContentsSources vii
About the Authors xi
Acknowledgments xvi
Introduction xvii
PART ONE An Overview of the Brain
1. How Our Brain Constructs Our Mental World 3
Richard Restak
2. Mirrors in the Mind 12
Giacomo Rizzolatti, Leonardo Fogassi, and Vittorio Gallese
3. Alphabetized Entries from How to Explain a Brain 20
Robert Sylwester
PART TWO The Brain in the Classroom: The Brain-Based Learning Debate
4. Neuroscience and Education 33
Usha Goswami
5. In Search of . . . Brain-Based Education 51
John T. Bruer
6. Learning Not by Chance: Enrichment in the Classroom 70
Marian C. Diamond and Janet Hopson
7. Mind and Brain 89
John D. Bransford, Ann L. Brown, and Rodney R. Cocking
PART THREE The Thinking Brain: Memory, Cognition, and Intelligence
8. Learning and Remembering 109
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore and Uta Frith
9. Who Owns Intelligence? 120
Howard Gardner
10. The Balance Theory of Wisdom 13
Robert J. Sternberg
11. Remembrance of Emotions Past 151
Joseph LeDoux
PART FOUR The Feeling Brain: Emotional and Social Foundations
12. We Feel, Therefore We Learn: The Relevance of Affective and Social Neuroscience to Education 183
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and Antonio Damasio
13. Selections from Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers 199
Robert M. Sapolsky
14. The Effect of Violence and Stress in Kids’ Brains 216
Ronald Kotulak
PART FIVE The Learning Brain: Language, Reading, and Math
15. The Literate Brain 229
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore and Uta Frith
16. Why Some Smart People Can’t Read 242
Sally Shaywitz
17. What Happens in the Brain When Children Read 251
Patricia Wolfe and Pamela Nevills
18. Small Heads for Big Calculations 273
Stanislas Dehaene
19. Math Skills 301
James P. Byrnes
PART SIX The Learning Brain: The Arts
20. The Brain and the Arts 331
David A. Sousa
21. The Role of the Arts in Transforming Consciousness: Education Is the Process of Learning How to Invent Yourself 359
Elliot W. Eisner
22. My Favorite Thing: Why Do We Like the Music We Like? 370
Daniel J. Levitin
PART SEVEN The Exceptional Brain: When It Works Differently
23. Exploring Exceptional Brains 385
Eric Jensen
24. Selections from The Minds of Boys 405
Michael Gurian and Kathy Stevens
25. The Great Continuum: Diagnosing Autism 413
Temple Grandin
26. Broken Mirrors: A Theory of Autism 435
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran and Lindsay M. Oberman
Glossary 445
Credit Lines 455
