The brain at school : educational neuroscience in the classroom /
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Author / Creator: | Geake, John G. |
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Imprint: | Maidenhead, England ; New York : McGraw Hill/Open University Press, 2009. |
Description: | x, 229 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7907075 |
Table of Contents:
- List of figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- A case for educational neuroscience
- Caveats and disclaimers
- 1. Why Educational Neuroscience?
- Education neuroscientific research questions
- Limits to educational neuroscience
- 2. Neuroimaging Technologies
- 3. Learning and Memory
- Individual brains
- Hebb's model of learning through synaptic plasticity
- Memory
- 4. Working Memory and Intelligence
- Working memory
- Attention
- Intelligence
- Gifted and talented pupils
- Sex differences
- Genetics of intelligence
- IQ scores as a measure of social evolution
- 5. Creativity and Imagination
- Fluid analogizing
- Creative intelligence
- Imagination
- 6. Socializing, Emotion and Motivation
- Mirror neurons and socializing
- Emotion
- Motivation and self-esteem
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- 7. Language and Literacy
- Language
- Storytelling
- Literacy
- Dyslexia
- Second language learning
- 8. Numeracy and Mathematics
- Arithmetic
- Statistics
- Fractions
- Algebra and geometry
- Mathematical thinking
- Mathematical creativity
- 9. Arts Curriculum
- Music
- Visual arts
- 10. A Future for Educational Neuroscience
- Schools of the future
- An agenda for educational neuroscience
- Last word
- Endnotes
- References and Further Reading
- Index