Brain-Based Learning and Education (eBook)

Principles and Practice

Yi-Yuan Tang (Autor)

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2017 | 1. Auflage
80 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-12-810509-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Brain-Based Learning and Education presents a new type of education that uses brain-based and self-control theory-driven training. Leaving aside the current focus in education on content knowledge, it examines essential character strengths such as selfcontrol, persistence, creativity, attention, memory, and social learning, and relates their relevance to learning. By bridging the research and application gap in education, this text not only covers the latest findings related to learning and teaching but also provides insights for application and practice for brain-based methods in health and education. This integration of neuroscience and education takes us from a deep understanding of brain function to the frontline of the classroom. - Explains an integrative training mechanisms from the behavioral, neuroscientific, and physiological perspectives - Presents brain-based practice methods that can be readily applied to the education system - Addresses additional issues, such as stress, wandering mind, and individuality - Includes stories and findings related to the brain, learning, and teaching

Dr. Tang has an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural background, experience, and expertise in the areas of human neuroscience (e.g., cognitive, affective, social, cultural, and behavioral), health psychology, health science, prevention, and intervention science. His research mainly focuses on how environment or experience (stress, learning, training, culture) affects self-control, emotion regulation, stress resilience, and decision-making and their interaction with genes to influence health and well-being. Additionally, he investigates both conscious and unconscious changes in healthy behavior, habits, and lifestyles. His translational research focuses on the development and implementation of evidence-based interventions to prevent and ameliorate behavioral problems and mental disorders such as ADHD, learning disabilities, substance use, mood disorders, and stress-related disorders over the lifespan. Dr. Tang's interdisciplinary research has received support from NIH, the Office of Naval Research/Department of Defense, and private foundations including the John Templeton Foundation and James Bower Foundation. He has published 9 books and over 360 peer-reviewed articles in different academic journals, including Nature Reviews Neuroscience (NRN), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Trends in Cognitive Sciences (TiCS), Neuroimage, and Human Brain Mapping.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Brain-Based Learning and Education 4
Copyright Page 5
Dedication 6
Contents 8
List of Figures 10
Preface 12
Acknowledgments 16
1 Challenges and Issues in Education 18
2 Brain Networks Involved in Learning and Teaching 24
2.1 Attention and Self-Control Networks 24
2.2 Memory Networks 24
2.3 Emotion Networks 25
2.4 Reward and Habit Networks 26
2.5 Social and Self-Referential Networks 27
3 Attention and Self-Control in Education 30
3.1 Attention in Learning and Education 30
3.2 Self-control in Learning and Education 33
4 Curiosity and Creativity Motivate Self-Learning 36
4.1 Curiosity and Self-learning 36
4.2 Creativity and Self-learning 37
5 Developing Characters Through Neuroscience Findings 42
5.1 Self-control 42
5.2 Compassion, Empathy and Emotion Regulation 44
5.3 How Does Mindfulness Enhance Emotion Regulation, Empathy and Compassion? 45
5.4 Wisdom 46
5.5 Wisdom and implicit learning 47
6 How the Social Brain Supports Learning and Teaching 50
6.1 Default Mode Network and Brain Resources 50
6.2 Social Brain in Learning and Teaching 51
7 Healthy Brain Boosts Education Outcomes 54
7.1 Reducing stress using few hours of mindfulness meditation 54
7.2 Teacher–student interaction 57
7.3 Mind-Wandering 59
7.4 How to Reduce Mind-Wandering and Minimize Its Negative Consequences? 60
8 Personalized Education 62
8.1 Different Learners and Capacities 62
8.2 Gene, Personality, Environment and Education Outcomes 63
9 Insight for Optimal Learning and Education 66
9.1 Building a New Learning and Education Environment 66
9.2 Science of Learning and Teaching 67
9.2.1 Multitasking 67
9.2.2 Mind–Body Interaction and Optimal Performance 67
9.2.3 An Optimal and Individualized Curriculum for Talent Development 69
9.2.4 Concept-Based Curriculum 70
9.2.5 Keep Balance Between Technology and Human Nature 70
9.3 Wisdom as an Ultimate Goal of Education 71
References 72
Index 78
Back Cover 81

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.4.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• ISBN-10: 0-12-810509-7 / 0128105097
• ISBN-13: 978-0-12-810509-2 / 9780128105092