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Teaching and the Adolescent Brain
Jeb Schenck
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Description for Teaching and the Adolescent Brain
Paperback. Using cognitive neuroscience to rethink traditional teaching methods and strategies. Num Pages: 400 pages, Ten black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNC; JNK; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 251 x 25. Weight in Grams: 956.
The concept that educators must help their adolescent students develop better problem-solving skills is well known. However there is little evidence that many classroom educators or administrators are getting any training in how learning takes place in the adolescent brain. Ask a teacher or administrator how their students’ brains learn, and many will have no idea. Then ask if their teaching strategies are in line with how the brain learns and they will still have no idea. Having a strategy of teaching with no understanding of how the brain actually learns is like having a theory about day and night ... Read more
The concept that educators must help their adolescent students develop better problem-solving skills is well known. However there is little evidence that many classroom educators or administrators are getting any training in how learning takes place in the adolescent brain. Ask a teacher or administrator how their students’ brains learn, and many will have no idea. Then ask if their teaching strategies are in line with how the brain learns and they will still have no idea. Having a strategy of teaching with no understanding of how the brain actually learns is like having a theory about day and night ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393706215
SKU
V9780393706215
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About Jeb Schenck
Jeb Schenck is a full-time high-school educator, college instructor of biology, statistics and graduate school instructor on the brain and learning. He also conducts workshops for schools nationwide, as well as to colleges, hospitals and the military. As an educator, Dr. Schenck’s teaching skills have been widely recognized at the national level, having been honored with the National Science Teacher ... Read more
Reviews for Teaching and the Adolescent Brain
"Not only for those working with adolescents, this material is vital for any one working with youth grades 5 and up.... [T]he most comprehensive work available on the adolescent brain, neuroscience research and applications to education available today. It provides much needed context for moving the “brain and learning” agenda into view for practitioners. Every teacher, guidance and psychology-prep program ... Read more