Educational Psychology

How People Learn 
ISBN 0309070368 EAN 9780309070362 National Academies Paperback WB Price: $45.95
The connection between classroom activities and learning behavior is explored in depth through this important book's updated findings on the mind, the brain, and the learning processes that affect what is taught and how. Core sections probe how learning occurs and what teachers and schools can do to help children learn best.Expanded to show how the theories and insights can be translated into actions and practice, readers can now make valuable connections between classroom activities and learning behavior. This book offers exciting -- and useful -- information about the mind and the brain that provides some answers on how people actually learn. 25.45 cms L x 17.73 cms W (0.83 kgs) 374 pages

Boys and Girls Learn Differently
ISBN 0787961175  EAN: 9780787961176 Jossey Bass Paperback WB Price: $26.95
At last, we have the scientific evidence that documents the many biological gender differences that influence learning. For instance, girls talk sooner, develop better vocabularies, read better, and have better fine motor skills. Boys, on the other hand, have better auditory memory, are better at  three- dimensional reasoning, are more prone to explore, and achieve greater abstract design ability after puberty. In this profoundly significant book, author Michael Gurian synthesizes the current knowledge and clearly demonstrates how this distinction in hard-wiring and socialized gender differences affects how boys and girls learn. Gurian presents a new way to educate our children based on brain science, neurological development, and chemical and hormonal disparities. The innovations presented in this book were applied in the classroom and proven successful, with dramatic improvements in test scores, during a two-year study that Gurian and his colleagues conducted in six Missouri school districts. 22.50 cms L x 16.61 cms W (0.44 kgs) 345 pages

Theories Of Childhood
ISBN 188483485X EAN: 9781884834851 Redleaf Paperback WB Price: $37.95
An Introduction to Dewey, Montessori, Erikson, Piaget, and Vygotsky.A look at the ideas of five educational theorists in relation to early childhood care. An easy-to-learn overview of the theorist opens each chapter. The author then distills the theorists' work to reveal how it relates to child care and children.25.35 cms L x 17.93 cms W (0.26 kgs) 120 pages

The Art of Changing The Brain
ISBN 1579220541 EAN: 9781579220549 Stylus Paperback WB Price: $40.95
Neuroscience tells us that the products of the mind -- thought, emotions, artistic creation -- are the result of the interactions of the biological brain with our senses and the physical world: in short, that thinking and learning are the products of a biological process. Review: "Zull argues that educators can use knowledge about the brain to enhance pedagogical techniques. He does an excellent job of demonstrating his thesis by describing good approaches: e.g., increasing reception of information by enhancing the sensory aspects of teaching materials; taking advantage of integrative mechanisms by allowing time for reflection; maximizing the adaptive functions of the brain by challenging students to be creative; using action areas of the brain by providing activities to confirm and extend learning. Teachers need to recognize that motivational-emotional systems of the brain modulate cognitive functions and that pedagogies who attempt to force students to learn in ways that violate brain mechanisms are likely to be counterproductive. Zull's years of experience as both professor of biology and director of a university teaching institute are apparent; the book is well written and appropriately technical for the audience interested in applying current knowledge about the brain to learning and instructing."-- CHOICE .22.66 cms L x 15.24 cms W (0.38 kgs) 263 pages

The Absorbent Mind
ISBN 0805041567 EAN: 9780805041569 Owl Paperback WB Price: $29.95
The classic book by Maria Montessori that has inspired generations of teachers to foster each child's drive to learn.Written by the women whose name is synonymous worldwide with child development theory, "The Absorbent Mind takes its title from the phrase that the inspired Italian doctor coined to characterize the child's most crucial developmental stage: the first six years. "This book deserves careful reading, for the author's views are as relevant (and revolutionary) now as when they were first proposed."--"New York Times Book Review "Startling insights...she is an inspiring teacher . . . educators of all persuasions will find her book alive with ideas."--"Library Journal 20.88 cms L x 14.02 cms W (0.32 kgs) 320 pages

The Dominance Factor
ISBN 0915556316 EAN: 9780915556311 Three Rivers Paperback WB Price: $26.95
Scientists have long suspected that there are links between the side of the body we favor and the way we think, learn, work, play, and relate to others. Here at last is a book by a neuroscientist that explains these linkages.18.69 cms L x 18.75 cms W 144 pages