Brain-Based Teaching With Adolescent Learning In Mind Book

Preface     vii
Acknowledgments     xi
About the Author     xii
Understanding the Adolescent Learner: The Developing Brain     1
The Need for Adolescent-Centered Teaching     2
Adolescent Learning     4
Adolescent Learning and Developmental Tendencies     6
Adolescent Learning and Personal Development     7
Adolescent Learning and Social Development     8
Adolescent Learning and Intellectual Development     8
The Interrelatedness of Moral Development     9
Adolescent Learning and the Developing Brain     11
Scanned Exuberance     12
Inside the Adolescent Brain     13
Sizzling Synapses     15
The Brain and the Intellect     16
Mirror Neurons and Cognitive Autonomy     16
Emotional (Im)maturity or "Just Being Difficult"     17
Cautions and Implications for Classroom Practice     18
The Potential Power of Adolescent Metacognition     31
Promoting Metacognitive Development Through Adolescent-Centered Teaching     32
Getting and Keeping Their Attention     40
The Millennial Generation     40
The New Geography of Learning     41
Technology as a Brain/Mind Tool     46
Designing Web-Based Inquiry     47
Technology and Multicultural Development     48
Promoting Media Literacy     52
Technology and Classroom Diversity     56
Affirming Diversity     56
Connecting Through Substantive Content     58
The Shortfall of Fragile Knowledge     59
The Danger of Low Expectations     60
Challenge and Brain-Based Instruction     60
Creating a Safe Place to Think and Learn     65
Giving Adolescents the Chance to Succeed     66
Creating a Community of Learners     69
A Better Understanding of Learning     69
Learning Is Active     71
Learning Is Interactive     74
Visual Organizers     74
Technology     74
Newspapers     75
Noneducators     75
Peers     75
Distributed Intelligence     75
Learning and Knowledge     75
Nonacademic Influences on Learning     76
The Social-Emotional Context     78
Designing Responsive Learning Environments     80
Schooling Minds Not Memories     81
Knowledge Under Construction     82
Building Learning Communities     85
The Context Is Authentic and Relevant     86
The Role of the Extended Community     87
Learning in the Classroom     88
Using Assessment as a Cognitive Advantage     91
Learning Communities and Adolescent Motivation     96
Learning Communities Are Emotionally Safe     97
Learning Communities Build Emotional Security     99
Learning Communities Promote Inner Management and Self-Regulation     101
Learning Communities Promote Adolescent Self-Efficacy     102
Changing Teacher-Student Roles and Relationships     103
A Culture of Thoughtfulness     107
Teaching for Thinking and Understanding     109
Promoting Thinking Development     109
Getting the Right Mind-set     111
Trusting That Less Is More     118
Curriculum Designed for Thinking and Learning     119
Inquiry and Essential Questioning     120
Questioning for Thinking     125
Teaching for Understanding     128
Thinking and Metacognitive Development     129
Teachers as Cognitive Coaches     130
Cognitive Apprenticeship and Adolescent Learning      131
Putting Authenticity in the Learning Task     136
Building Knowledge Collaboratively     138
Group Work Really Can Work     145
A New Pedagogy     148
Nothing's Simple     149
Deepening Content and Promoting Transfer     153
Content and Inquiry     153
Mathematics     154
Social Studies     159
Science     163
English/Language Arts     167
Fine Arts     170
The Ongoing Question of Connection and Transfer     173
Learning and Context     174
The Critical Role of the Teacher     176
Learning for Life     176
References     179
Index     189