Jon Tibke

Why The Brain Matters

A Teacher Explores Neuroscience

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Educational neuroscience is one of the most hotly debated areas of research and is often misrepresented with grand claims for what it means for teaching and learning. Is each side of the brain responsible for different types of mental activity? Can listening to Mozart improve long-term brain function? Can neuroscience help with reading, or student motivation? In this book, teacher, education consultant and researcher Jon Tibke fact-checks prevailing 'neuromyths' by shining a light on what scientific research is truly relevant for the classroom and exploring the current limits of our understanding. Evidence-informed and complemented by thought-provoking practical tasks, this book will challenge readers to think critically about the human body's most complex organ.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Corwin UK / Sage Publications
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 381g
• ISBN-13: 9781473992917
• ISBN-10: 1473992915
• Artikelnr.: 54781812

Autorenporträt

Jon Tibke began his teaching career in Lancashire in 1982, where he taught in four secondary schools over a period of 25 years. Following six years as a deputy headteacher, he moved into initial teacher training, undertaking PGCE roles with the Open University, Edge Hill University and the University of Cumbria. In 2014, Jon became a freelance teacher educator, leading events for trainee, newly qualified and experienced teachers throughout England and Wales, as well as further afield in India, Kazakhstan, Nepal and Qatar. Having finished writing The Brain and Teaching: a cautious guide, Jon is concentrating on the completion of his PhD thesis, The Case of Teachers and Neuroscience: how do teachers mediate information about the brain?

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Why do you need to know anything about the brain?
Chapter 2: What should you know about the brain?
Chapter 3: What your pupils should know about their brains
Chapter 4: The neuromyths
Chapter 5: How to keep up with reliable and accurate information
Chapter 6: The brain and the pre-school, primary and secondary school years
Chapter 7: How can schools become involved in and influence research?
Chapter 8: Famous brains in education: Temple Grandin and Barbara Arrowsmith-Young
Chapter 9: Skills, learning needs and the brain
Chapter 10: What lies ahead?

Rezensionen

'Many books based on arcane PhD research read like books based on arcane PhD research. Tibke's is a delightful exception. Whilst its roots are indeed steeped in a solid evidence-base, and he certainly doesn't sidestep the crucial debates, it is a beautifully-written and accessible book - respectful of the field's technical complexities and terminology yet jargon-free in its elucidation, ambitious in its scope yet modest in its claims, simultaneously coolly detached and warmly empathetic, unashamedly on the side of the hard-pressed teacher yet wisely non-ideological and disinterested (in the best and traditional sense of the word). In short, this is a state-of-an-evolving-art summary of a ferociously complex and still immature subject - the brain and its implications for educators. Written by a true educator, certain chapters in particular (eg chapter 4 on the neuromyths) should be required reading for all educational policy-makers and teachers.'

Dr Barry Hymer University of Cumbria