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"This is a book that should be required reading for students of education, teachers, and administrators. Dr. Sylwester provides the connecting link between research on the brain and the classroom. I would encourage educators to form book study groups to read, study, reflect, and apply what they find in this book."
(Jerry Tollefson, Principal )About the Author
Robert Sylwester is an Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Oregon who focuses on the educational implications of new developments in science and technology. He has written 20 books and curricular programs and 200+ journal articles. His most recent books are The Adolescent Brain: Reaching for Autonomy (2007, Corwin Press) and How to Explain a Brain: An Educator’s Handbook of Brain Terms and Cognitive Processes (2005, Corwin Press). He received two Distinguished Achievement Awards from The Education Press Association of America for his syntheses of cognitive science research, published in Educational Leadership. He has made 1600+ conference and staff development presentations on educationally significant developments in brain/stress theory and research. Sylwester wrote a monthly column for the Internet journal, Brain Connection, throughout its 2000-2009 existence, and is now a regular contributor to the Information Age Education Newsletter (http://i-a-e.org/).
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Brain-based Classroom Management,
By E. Hammerman (North Carolina) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Biological Brain in a Cultural Classroom: Applying Biological Research to Classroom Management (Hardcover)
Robert Sylwester has applied his knowledge and expertise to assist educators in understanding the profound links between biology and classroom management. Recent brain research has provided new insights into the nature -- structural and developmental -- of the human brain. The new definition of the biological brain, although still in its infancy, has profound impllications for the ways educators deal with young people in their care. Professional educators know to exercise caution in applying research findings in biology to educational practice as, sometimes, the "logical" is not always the appropriate. Sylwester has carefully crafted his book to deal with the biological nature of the human brain/being and suggest the natural ecological environment for the nurturing of human thought. This book provides thoughtful connections between research and practice and challenges the reader to read, think, apply, and be sensitive to creating the optimum environment for individual success. It is a book that must be read more than once and should be a basis for discussion among administrators and teachers.
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Brain-based Classroom Management,
By E. Hammerman (North Carolina) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Biological Brain in a Cultural Classroom: Applying Biological Research to Classroom Management (Hardcover)
Robert Sylwester has applied his knowledge and expertise to assist educators in understanding the profound links between biology and classroom management. Recent brain research has provided new insights into the nature -- structural and developmental -- of the human brain. The new definition of the biological brain, although still in its infancy, has profound impllications for the ways educators deal with young people in their care. Professional educators know to exercise caution in applying research findings in biology to educational practice as, sometimes, the "logical" is not always the appropriate. Sylwester has carefully crafted his book to deal with the biological nature of the human brain/being and suggest the natural ecological environment for the nurturing of human thought. This book provides thoughtful connections between research and practice and challenges the reader to read, think, apply, and be sensitive to creating the optimum environment for individual success. It is a book that must be read more than once and should be a basis for discussion among administrators and teachers.
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Schools continually confront the problem of determining how to insert about 100 pounds of student brain tissue (and accompanying bodies) into a 1,000 square foot classroom, and then how to manage it appropriately during a 1,000-hour school year-biologically, ecologically, and developmentally. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Schools continually confront the problem of determining how to insert about 100 pounds of student brain tissue (and accompanying bodies) into a 1,000 square foot classroom, and then how to manage it appropriately during a 1,000-hour school year-biologically, ecologically, and developmentally. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
classroom management policies, factual memories, low serotonin levels, social feedback Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Progressive Education, Special Place, The Vigilance System New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Experience And Education by John Dewey on page 5, and page 7
- Democracy And Education by John Dewey on page 4, and page 5
- Student Brains, School Issues: A Collection of Articles by Robert Sylwester in Front Matter
- The School and Society (Arcturus Paperbacks; AB 151) by Jo Ann Boydston on page 5
- Your Brain Goes To Church: Neuroscience And Congregational Life by Bob Sitze in Back Matter
- Sensorcises: Active Enrichment for the Out-of-Step Learner by Laurie Ann Glazener in Back Matter
- Connecting Leadership to the Brain by Michael H. Dickmann in Back Matter
- Higher-Order Thinking the Multiple Intelligences Way by David Lazear in Back Matter
- For the Learners' Sake: A Practical Guide to Transform Your Classroom and School by Judy Stevens in Back Matter
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