The teaching brain : an evolutionary trait at the heart of education /

"What is at work in the mind of a five-year-old explaining the game of tag to a new friend? What is going on in the head of a thirty-five-year-old parent showing a first-grader how to button a coat? And what exactly is happening in the brain of a sixty-five-year-old professor discussing statist...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Rodriguez, Vanessa, 1976- (Author), Fitzpatrick, Michelle (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : The New Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Learning, Psychology of.
Cognitive learning.
Teachers > Psychology.
Teaching > Psychological aspects.
Psychologie de l'apprentissage.
Apprentissage cognitif.
Enseignants > Psychologie.
EDUCATION > Educational Psychology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Neuroscience.
EDUCATION > Essays.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION > Reference.
Cognitive learning
Learning, Psychology of
Teachers > Psychology
Teaching > Psychological aspects
Lehrer
Unterrichtspsychologie
Kognitives Lernen
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. What is wrong with our definition of teaching? ch. 1. The theories that have led us astray
  • ch. 2. Cookie-cutter solutions and other missteps of education reform
  • Part 2. It's all about systems. ch. 3. Understanding the learning brain
  • ch. 4. Why do we need teachers?
  • ch. 5. Teaching as a system of skills
  • Part 3. The teaching brain. ch. 6. Becoming an expert teacher
  • ch. 7. Developing the teaching brain
  • ch. 8. Your teaching brain
  • ch. 9. The teaching brain and next steps for education reform.

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