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Brain literacy for educators and psychologists /

Although educators are expected to bring about functional changes in the brain--the organ of human learning--they are given no formal training in the structure, function or development of the brain in formal or atypically developing children as part of their education. This book is organized around...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Berninger, Virginia Wise
Otros Autores: Richards, Todd L.
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, �2002.
Colección:Practical resources for the mental health professional.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. What educators need to know about the brain
  • 1. Introduction and conceptual foundations
  • 2. General principles of microstructure and microfunction
  • 3. General principles of macrostructure and macrofunction
  • 4. General principles of brain development
  • pt. 2. Linking brain research to literacy research
  • 5. Building a reading brain neurologically
  • 6. Building a writing brain neurologically
  • 7. Building a computing brain neurologically
  • pt. 3. Linking literacy research to brain research
  • 8. Building a reading brain pedagogically
  • 9. Building a writing brain pedagogically
  • 10. Building a computing brain pedagogically
  • pt. 4. Educational applications of brain-literacy links
  • 11. Implications for educational policy
  • 12. Implications for classroom practice.