Understanding the Brain
Subtitle: The Birth of a New Learning Science
Publisher: Organization for Economic Cooperation & Devel
Published: April 11, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9789264029125
Subjects: Educational psychology; Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Public Policy - Social Policy; Nonfiction / Education; Brain; Learning, Psychology of; Political Science / Social Policy
Description: 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.