A Biological Brain in a Cultural Classroom

Enhancing Cognitive and Social Development Through Collaborative Classroom Management
2. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-7619-3811-8
Verlag: Corwin

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 290 g

Updated Edition of Best Seller!

Praise for the first edition:

"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
Marquette Elementary School, Madison, WI

Explore how brain research improves student-teacher dynamics in the classroom!

Expanding on his immensely popular first edition, experienced author and professor Robert Sylwester presents an updated and expanded second edition on the latest biological research and applies it to student-teacher dynamics in the classroom.

Critical policies and practices discussed for helping educators improve their understanding of student development include:

- Exploring beliefs of a democratic society in today's classrooms - Incorporating a biological/ecological perspective in classroom management - Shifting the focus from classroom management to student-teacher collaborations that improve classroom dynamics and develop social skills

Believing that students should experience as they learn, and teachers should observe, explore, and nurture their students, Robert Sylwester reveals the latest research on how the brain really works. Also available for use in conjunction with the book are a video and training guide to promote a deeper understanding of student-teacher dynamics in the classroom.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sylwester, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
About the Author
1. The Cultural Foundations of Classroom Management
Democracy and Education
21st-Century Challenges
Collaborative Classroom Management
2. The Biological Foundations of Classroom Management
Three Forms of Biological Inquiry
Key Biological Concepts
Cells and Classrooms
3. The Marvelous Interdependent Bodybrain That Schools Seek to Manage
The Principal Brain Systems
From Jungle to Classroom in Search of a Model
4. Collaboratively Expending Energy: Who's In Charge?
Childbirth, Childhood, and Classrooms
From Potential to Kinetic Energy
Self-Esteem, Impulsivity, and Aggression
Suggested Activities
5. Collaboratively Managing Biological and Cultural Space
Mapping Cognitive, City, and Classroom Space
How Many People Can You Stuff Into a Classroom?
A Classroom Is a Created World Surrounded by a Leaky Wall
Cauliflower in the Classroom
Suggested Activities
6. Collaboratively Managing Biological and Cultural Time
Life Span: Two Developmental Decades
A Year's Curricular Time
A Day in the Life
Suggested Activities
7. Collaboratively Managing Biological and Cultural Movement
Physical Movement
Change as Psychological Movement
Suggested Activities
8. Collaboratively Managing Biological and Cultural Range
Biologically Possible Ranges
Culturally Appropriate Ranges
In the End
References and Supplementary Readings
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sylwester, Robert
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/).