Understanding the Brain: The Birth of a Learning Science [electronic resource] /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Centre for Educational Research and Innovation.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2007.
This book provides new insights about learning by synthesising existing and emerging findings from cognitive and brain science and exploring how this new information might impact teaching, parenting, and educational policy making. It shows what the latest brain imaging techniques and other advances in the neurosciences actually reveal about how the brain develops and operates at different stages in life from birth to old age and how the brain is involved in acquiring skills such as reading and counting. It also presents scientific insights into what happens when the brain malfunctions in conditions such as dyslexia or Alzheimer's disease.  China Education Daily nominated this book as one of the "100 most influential education books for teachers" on December 15, 2011.
At head of title: Centre for Educational Research and Innovation.
Published in French under the title: Comprendre le cerveau : naissance d'une science de l'apprentissage.
"Follows from the OECD report Understanding the brain : towards a new learning science issued in 2002."--Foreword.
Includes bibliographical references.
Dispelling "Neuromyths" -- The Impact of Environment on the Learning Brain -- How the brain learns throughout life -- An "ABC" of the Brain -- Numeracy and the Brain -- Literacy and the Brain -- The Brain, Development and Learning in Early Childhood -- Conclusions and Future Prospects -- The Ethics and Organisation of Educational Neuroscience -- Introduction -- Annex A and B -- Brain, Cognition and Learning in Adulthood -- Executive Summary -- The Brain and Learning in Adolescence.
This book provides new insights about learning by synthesising existing and emerging findings from cognitive and brain science and exploring how this new information might impact teaching, parenting, and educational policy making. It shows what the latest brain imaging techniques and other advances in the neurosciences actually reveal about how the brain develops and operates at different stages in life from birth to old age and how the brain is involved in acquiring skills such as reading and counting. It also presents scientific insights into what happens when the brain malfunctions in conditions such as dyslexia or Alzheimer's disease.  China Education Daily nominated this book as one of the "100 most influential education books for teachers" on December 15, 2011.
Cognitive neuroscience.
Learning, Psychology of.
Learning
Brain.