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Brain-Based Learning The New Paradigm of Teaching

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ISBN-10: 1412962560

ISBN-13: 9781412962568

Edition: 2nd 2008

Authors: Eric P. Jensen

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In this second edition of Brain Based Learning: The New Paradigm of Teaching, educator andbrain researcher Eric Jensen offers a learning approach that is closely aligned with how the brain naturally learns. Based on empirical brain research from the disciplines of neuroscience, biology, and psychology, Jensen's text explains how the relationship between learning and the brain can impact emotions, patterns, gender, meaningfulness, environments, body rhythms, attitudes, enrichment, and assessment, and how it influences the effects of stress and trauma. The book's powerful information suggests ways for transforming schools into complete learning organizations by providing students with…    
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Book details

List price: $40.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Corwin Press
Publication date: 6/12/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Eric Jensen is a former teacher and current member of the Society for Neuroscience and New York Academy of Sciences. He has taught at all levels, from elementary through university level and is currently completing his PhD in human development. In 1981, Jensen cofounded SuperCamp, the nation's first and largest brain-compatible learning program, now with over 50,000 graduates. He has since written Teaching with the Brain in Mind, Brain-Based Learning, Deeper Learning, Arts with the Brain in Mind, Enriching the Brain, and 21 other books on learning and the brain. A leader in the brain-based movement, Jensen has made over 45 visits to neuroscience labs and interacts with countless…    

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Fundamentals of Brain-Based Learning
What Is Brain-Based Learning?
How Your Student's Brain Learns
Brain Dominance in Learning
Rhythms of the Brain
Physiological Effects on Learning
Biological Differences in Learning
The Impact of Physical Movement on the Brain
Stress and Threat
Sensory Contributions to Learning
The Role of Sight in Learning
The Role of Touch in Learning
The Role of Taste in Learning
The Roles of Smell and Acoustics in Learning
The Role of Emotions in Learning
Neuroscientific Perspective on Teaching and Learning
Teacher Communication
The Nonconscious Learning Climate
Motivation and Rewards
Attention and Survival Value
Teaching How to Think
Memory and Creating Patterns of Meaning
Meaning Making
Brain-Compatible Classrooms
Enriching the Brain
Curriculum in a Brain-Compatible Classroom
Assessing With the Brain in Mind
Brain-Based Reform
References
Index