A Biological Brain in a Cultural Classroom
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Description
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.
Contents
Preface
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
References and Supplementary Readings
Index
Index
Additional materials
Description
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.
Contents
Preface
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
References and Supplementary Readings
Index
Index
Additional materials
Reviews
A Biological Brain in a Cultural Classroom
Enhancing Cognitive and Social Development Through Collaborative Classroom Management
February 2003 | 192 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 28/04/2023 | 9780761938118 | $39.95 |
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.
Table Of Contents:
- 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