Brainwaves Teaching Guide

Brainwaves Teaching Guide
Author: Leone Strumbaun
Publisher: Blake Education
Total Pages: 62
Release: 2005
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781865099255

Teacher guide to a set of nonfiction books with attitude to grab even the reluctant readers' attention. Provides direct instruction in vital comprehension strategies, opportunities to engage with authentic texts in a variety of text types and integration of other learning areas with reading and writing opportunities for ages 6+.

The Teaching Brain

The Teaching Brain
Author: Vanessa Rodriguez
Publisher: New Press, The
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2011-05-10
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1620970228

“A significant contribution to understanding the interaction among teachers, students, the environment, and the content of learning” (Herbert Kohl, education advocate and author). 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 statistics with a room full of graduate students? While research about the nature and science of learning abounds, shockingly few insights into how and why humans teach have emerged—until now. Countering the dated yet widely held presumption that teaching is simply the transfer of knowledge from one person to another, The Teaching Brain weaves together scientific research and real-life examples to show that teaching is a dynamic interaction and an evolutionary cognitive skill that develops from birth to adulthood. With engaging, accessible prose, Harvard researcher Vanessa Rodriguez reveals what it actually takes to become an expert teacher. At a time when all sides of the teaching debate tirelessly seek to define good teaching—or even how to build a better teacher—The Teaching Brain upends the misguided premises for how we measure the success of teachers. “A thoughtful analysis of current educational paradigms . . . Rodriguez’s case for altering pedagogy to match the fluctuating dynamic forces in the classroom is both convincing and steeped in common sense.” —Publishers Weekly

Mindful by Design

Mindful by Design
Author: Caitlin Krause
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2019-01-07
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1506388647

"Mindful by Design is a guide to well-being, a practical resource, and a creative call-to-action, as Caitlin Krause helps readers to bridge the gap between prioritizing true connection and achieving it." – Leah Weiss, author of How We Work: Live Your Purpose, Reclaim Your Sanity, and Embrace the Daily Grind; Lecturer, Stanford Graduate School of Business "Krause shares valuable strategies that will help any educator, coach, manager, or learning professional bring out the best in those they serve." —Dorie Clark, adjunct professor at Duke University′s Fuqua School of Business and author, Entrepreneurial You and Stand Out "Mindful by Design is a valuable and inspiring guide, offering generous insights and practical advice for those seeking to center, strengthen, and clarify their efforts both in and outside of the classroom." —Dinty Moore, author, The Mindful Writer Take mindfulness beyond the buzzword and spark powerful learning environments! As we navigate complex changes in our professional and personal lives, Mindful by Design is a resource that provides ways to infuse meaningful connection into remote learning, so that learners, teachers, and leaders can flourish. If you′re experiencing "zoom burnout," or just looking for ways to connect more deeply and integrate SEL and mindfulness into the context of your teaching practices, this book is for you! In a busy world full of challenges and distractions, mindfulness is about increasing a sense of presence and intention in everything we do. This must-have resource explores how mindfulness can improve teaching and learning, promoting the development of future-forward skills including creativity, entrepreneurship, innovation, and communication. Readers will learn how to cultivate a personal mindfulness practice that reflects their individuality, and how to create a community of care and respect through mindfulness, inviting learners to seek more authentic interactions with the curriculum, with themselves, and with each other. Mindful by Design provides 24 detailed exercises, including step-by-step mindfulness lessons embedded into specific curriculum areas, ready to implement immediately. Filled with practical, accessible explanations and applications that are adaptive and engaging, this book demystifies mindfulness and empowers each individual to embrace a personal mindfulness practice and inspire powerful learning environments.

Everything You and Your Teachers Need to Know About the Learning Brain

Everything You and Your Teachers Need to Know About the Learning Brain
Author: Sabine Peters
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2020-12-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 2889660265

Children go to school to learn, and learning takes place in the brain. In the age period of formal schooling, a child’s brain is still undergoing major developmental changes. For these reasons, neuroscience (the study of the brain) and education are closely connected. Learning is possible because the brain is plastic: plasticity refers to the capacity of the brain to reorganize its structure and thereby change function and behavior. But what exactly changes in the brain when we learn something new? What are optimal conditions for the brain to learn? Why do we also forget things? What developmental changes occur in the brain during childhood and adolescence, and how are these processes different or similar to the neural mechanisms of learning and memory? Neuro-imaging research, or ‘brain scanning’, has accelerated our current understanding of brain development, learning, memory and other school-related skills such as reading and math but also creativity, metacognition and learning-related emotions and anxieties. But what do these brain scanning techniques actually measure? What kind of questions can we address with neuro-imaging, and what are the limitations? In this Collection, we will provide an accessible overview of the current state-of-the-art insights into the mechanisms of brain development, learning and memory. The collection will help children understand how their brains learn and develop, and how these processes are shaped by their environment and their own efforts. Moreover, we will discuss why it is important that their teachers and other educational practitioners know about the brain and neuroscience methods. Finally, we will also explain what happens if wrong ideas about the brain circulate, or the correct knowledge is misinterpreted. Neuromyths such as ‘we only use 10 percent of our brain’ are persistent, but important to counter with explaining why they are false, and what is true instead.

Terrific Transitions

Terrific Transitions
Author: Ellen Booth Church
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2001
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780439201087

Presents fifty suggestions for keeping the attention of children when they are between activities.

Brain Waves Puzzle Book

Brain Waves Puzzle Book
Author: Rick Walton
Publisher: American Girl Publishing Incorporated
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2002
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781584855040

Get brains bubbling and girls giggling with "Brain Benders." Cool tips and entertaining illustrations help girls discover that brainy isn't boring. Consumable.

The Brain Power Classroom

The Brain Power Classroom
Author: Dave Beal
Publisher: Best Life Media
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2016-12-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1935127934

Create a Focused, Positive, and Engaged Classroom! Through expert guidance and inspiring stories from the field, Dave Beal helps you create a Brain Power Classroom full of engaged, focused and collaborative students. Part 1 provides scientific background, principles and insightful advice for creating an optimal classroom atmosphere. Part 2 features 30 classroom activities you can easily integrate into your current curriculum. They are divided into the “Brain Power 10 Essentials” and incorporate various modalities, such as movement, mindfulness, and focusing strategies to engage students’ multiple intelligences. Using the tools in this book, you will be able to motivate your students to use their full brain potential as they develop into harmonious leaders with strong character and high levels of academic achievement.

The ELL Teacher's Toolbox

The ELL Teacher's Toolbox
Author: Larry Ferlazzo
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 613
Release: 2018-04-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1119364957

Practical strategies to support your English language learners The ELL Teacher’s Toolbox is a practical, valuable resource to be used by teachers of English Language Learners, in teacher education credential programs, and by staff development professionals and coaches. It provides hundreds of innovative and research-based instructional strategies you can use to support all levels of English Language Learners. Written by proven authors in the field, the book is divided into two main sections: Reading/Writing and Speaking/Listening. Each of those sections includes “Top Ten” favorites and between 40 and 70 strategies that can be used as part of multiple lessons and across content areas. Contains 60% new strategies Features ready-to-use lesson plans Includes reproducible handouts Offers technology integration ideas The percentage of public school students in the U.S. who are English language learners grows each year—and with this book, you’ll get a ton of fresh, innovative strategies to add to your teaching arsenal.

Make Just One Change

Make Just One Change
Author: Dan Rothstein
Publisher: Harvard Education Press
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2011-09-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 161250454X

The authors of Make Just One Change argue that formulating one’s own questions is “the single most essential skill for learning”—and one that should be taught to all students. They also argue that it should be taught in the simplest way possible. Drawing on twenty years of experience, the authors present the Question Formulation Technique, a concise and powerful protocol that enables learners to produce their own questions, improve their questions, and strategize how to use them. Make Just One Change features the voices and experiences of teachers in classrooms across the country to illustrate the use of the Question Formulation Technique across grade levels and subject areas and with different kinds of learners.