Natural learning for a connected world
Subtitle: education, technology, and the human brain
By: Renate N. Caine, Geoffrey Caine ; foreword by Joseph Chilton Pearce
Contributors: Caine, Geoffrey
Publisher: Teachers College; Teachers College Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780807751893; 9780807751909
Subjects: Education; Aims and objectives; Effect of technological innovations on; Educational technology; Cognition in children; Psychological aspects; Psychology of Learning
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Who and what are educating our children?; title: How is technology impacting the world of traditional education?; title: What are the powerful beliefs about learning and teaching that keep education frozen in place?; title: What do students need in order to successfully prepare for the future?; title: The perception/action dynamic: the foundation for learning from life; title: The science behind the perception/action cycle; title: Perception/action learning; title: Goals and outcomes: building rich neural networks requires real world knowledge; title: Side by side: traditional and perception/action learning, a model; title: Motivation, the engine that drives perception/action learning; title: The optimal state of mind for learning; title: How the "system" engages the low road; title: Working with biological predispositions; title: How a village, school, and society teach; title: Implementing the guided experience approach: the three critical elements; title: Relaxed alertness; title: Orchestrated immersion; title: Active processing; title: Window into tomorrow.