Brain-Compatible Classrooms
Third Edition
Edited by:
- Robin J. Fogarty - Robin Fogarty & Associates, Ltd.
May 2009 | 248 pages | Corwin
In this new edition of the bestseller on brain-compatible learning, author Robin Fogarty synthesizes new research and addresses the role of standards in the brain-compatible classroom. This valuable resource provides the bridge from research to practice for teachers who want to use the latest findings to create high-achievement classrooms. Brain-Compatible Classrooms shares key brain research and its implications for curriculum, instruction, and assessment in the K-college classroom. This innovative, user-friendly book provides insight for linking classroom practice with brain research, Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences theory, Daniel Goleman's emotional intelligence theory, direct instruction of skills, graphic organizers, reflection, transfer, assessment, and other interactive, brain-compatible strategies.
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
Part I. Physiology and Brain Science
1. Brain Science
Part II. Principles for Teaching and Learning
2. Principles of the Brain and Learning
3. Cognitive Science: The Brain Is on My Mind
Part III. Brain-Friendly Strategies
4. Strategies for Brain-Compatible Classrooms
5. Setting the Climate for Thinking
6. Teaching the Skills of Thinking
7. Structuring the Interaction With Thinking
8. Thinking About Thinking
Appendix A: Suggested Videos to Illustrate the Four-Corner Framework
Appendix B: The Brain
Glossary
References and Suggested Readings
Index
"A fine, useful update of Fogarty's long-time search for appropriate practical classroom applications of cognitive neuroscience research."
Author, The Adolescent Brain
"An excellent guide and tool for new and veteran teachers who are looking to empower students through brain-compatible lessons."
Albuquerque Public Schools, NM
"Relevant and applicable for teachers."
University of California-Riverside Extension Program