For the Learners' Sake A Practical Guide to Transform Your Classroom and School |
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| Author:
| Stevens, Judy
Goldberg, Dee |
| Foreword by:
| Caine, Renate Nummela |
| ISBN: | 978-1-56976-121-2 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2001 |
| Publisher: | Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $32.00 |
Book Description:
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This proposal for a platform of education reform needed to prepare students for a 21st-century workplace and society draws on information and ideas from two current areas in neuroscience: brain research (physiology and applications to learning) and systems thinking (mental models). Analyzing the history of education methodology over the past two centuries, this book shows how the 19th-century factory model prevalent in schools today fails to produce the kinds of flexible thinkers...
More DescriptionThis proposal for a platform of education reform needed to prepare students for a 21st-century workplace and society draws on information and ideas from two current areas in neuroscience: brain research (physiology and applications to learning) and systems thinking (mental models). Analyzing the history of education methodology over the past two centuries, this book shows how the 19th-century factory model prevalent in schools today fails to produce the kinds of flexible thinkers and problem solvers needed in the 21st century. A comprehensive tour of the brain and details of the most recent neuroscience findings inform a plan to arm today’s students with an education lacking in traditional classrooms. Also included are dozens of ideas for brain-compatible activities that can be adapted for use in the classroom.