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The Adolescent Brain - Book Cover Look Inside
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The Adolescent Brain

Reaching for Autonomy
How the teenage brain thinks, feels, learns, and changes on its journey to adulthood.

Author, educator, and university professor Robert Sylwester explains how adults can better understand teenagers through an engaging discussion of the adolescent brain. Using familiar examples, easy-to-understand theories, and nontechnical language, this enlightening volume makes complex research accessible and appropriate for rewarding classroom or family discussion. Readers will learn how to:
  • Mentor adolescents rather than attempt to control them
  • Nurture creativity, imagination, and individuality
  • Understand such critical issues as sexuality and bonding, morality and ethics, risk and security, collaboration and autonomy, and more

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The Adolescent Brain - Book Cover Look Inside
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  • Grade Level: 6-12
  • ISBN: 9781412926119
  • Published By: Corwin
  • Year: 2007
  • Page Count: 176
  • Publication date: January 18, 2007
Price: $39.95
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Description

Description

"Excellent advice on dealing with young people. I wish I'd had this book when my own children were adolescents!"
—Patricia Wolfe, International Educational Consultant, Mind Matters, Inc.

"Written in a reader-friendly manner, the book thoughtfully examines the transition period from childhood to adulthood and combines scholarship from psychology, education, and neuroscience. Loved the graphics!"
—Sheryl Feinstein, Associate Professor, Augustana College

"Readers will leave this book with a sense of calmness about living or working with adolescents."
—Bob Patterson, Training Manager, Discovery Education

How the teenage brain thinks, feels, learns, and changes on its journey to adulthood.

In this enlightening volume, expert educator Robert Sylvester explains how adults can better understand teenagers through an engaging discussion of the adolescent brain. Readers will learn how to:

  • Mentor adolescents rather than attempt to manage and control them
  • Nurture creativity, imagination, and individuality
  • Understand such critical issues as sexuality and bonding,productivity and vocation, morality and ethics, risk and security, technology and drugs, collaboration and autonomy, and more


Familiar examples and nontechnical language make this an accessible resource appropriate for rewarding classroom or family discussion.


Key features

  • An engaging and enlightening new discussion of the adolescent brain by author - educator - scientist Robert Sylwester.
  • Discusses teenage sexuality and bonding, morality and ethics, risks and security, technology and drugs, the arts and humanities, and collaboration and autonomy.
  • Uses non-technical language and familiar examples appropriate for classroom and/or family discussions.
  • Acknowledges the reality that educators cannot control teens and offers opportunities to shift to understanding and mentoring them instead. 
Author(s)

Author(s)

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Robert Sylwester
Robert Sylwester is an Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Oregon who focuses on the educational implications of new developments in science and technology. He has written 20 books and curricular programs and 200+ journal articles. His most recent books are The Adolescent Brain: Reaching for Autonomy (2007, Corwin Press) and How to Explain a Brain: An Educator’s Handbook of Brain Terms and Cognitive Processes (2005, Corwin Press). He received two Distinguished Achievement Awards from The Education Press Association of America for his syntheses of cognitive science research, published in Educational Leadership. He has made 1600+ conference and staff development presentations on educationally significant developments in brain/stress theory and research. Sylwester wrote a monthly column for the Internet journal, Brain Connection, throughout its 2000-2009 existence, and is now a regular contributor to the Information Age Education Newsletter (http://i-a-e.org/).
Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

About the Author

1. Adolescence in Contemporary Society: Being Somewhat Confused

Confusion Within Adolescents

Confusion About Adolescents

An Introduction to the Issues Explored in Subsequent Chapters

2. Brain Organization and Development: Being Human

Mirror Neurons

The Organization of the Human Brain

The Development of the Human Brain

Maintaining a Developing Brain

3. Sexuality and Bonding: Maintaining Our Species

Biological Differences

Interpreting Gender Differences

Cultural Confusion

Human Bonding Behavior

Emerging Cultural Conflicts

The Hazards of Sexual Pleasure

4. Productivity and Vocation: Maintaining Our Planet

A 21st-Century Curriculum for 21st-Century Students

A 21st-Century Vocation

Home, School, and Vocation

5. Morality and Ethics: Maintaining Our Culture

Factual Knowledge and Decisions

Adaptive Preferences and Choices

The Development of Our Moral/Ethical Base

6. Risks and Security: Going Beyond the Known

Our Brain's Regulatory Systems

From Emotional Arousal to Conscious Decision

The Biology of Risk and Security

Adults and Adolescent Risks

7. Technology and Drugs: Going Beyond Nature

Biological Stress

Technological Enhancement

Drug Support

Psychoactive Drugs: A Primer

8. The Arts and Humanities: Going Beyond Reality

Adornment

Language, Music, and Dance

The Humanities

9. Collaboration and Autonomy: Going Beyond Adolescence

Collaboration

The Reach for Autonomy

Appendix A: Neurotransmitters and Neural Transmission

Appendix B: The Cerebral Cortex

Glossary

References and Resources

Index

Reviews

Reviews

Quote by Sheryl Feinstein, Associate Professor, Augustana College: "Written in a reader-friendly manner, the book thoughtfully examines the transition period from childhood to adulthood and combines scholarship from psychology, education, and neuroscience. Loved the graphics!"
"Written in a reader-friendly manner, the book thoughtfully examines the transition period from childhood to adulthood and combines scholarship from psychology, education, and neuroscience. Loved the graphics!"

Sheryl Feinstein, Associate Professor
Augustana College
Quote by Bob Patterson, Training Manager, Discovery Education: "The personal stories provide a 'front line' credibility and contribute to the clear flow of the book. Readers will leave this book with a sense of calmness about living or working with adolescents."
"The personal stories provide a 'front line' credibility and contribute to the clear flow of the book. Readers will leave this book with a sense of calmness about living or working with adolescents."
Bob Patterson, Training Manager
Discovery Education
Quote by Lisa Edwards, Teacher, Hickory High School, Conover, NC: "Sylwester does a nice job of tying in the concepts he introduces with the moral and ethical growth of the adolescent."
"Sylwester does a nice job of tying in the concepts he introduces with the moral and ethical growth of the adolescent."
Lisa Edwards, Teacher
Hickory High School, Conover, NC
Quote by Patricia Wolfe, International Education Consultant, Mind Matters, Inc.: "Makes an outstanding contribution to the field. Clear, concise, and flows easily from one cleverly titled chapter to the next. Sylwester uses metaphors beautifully, making the information much more accessible to the lay reader. Excellent advice on dealing with young people. I wish I had this book when my own children were adolescents!"
"Makes an outstanding contribution to the field. Clear, concise, and flows easily from one cleverly titled chapter to the next. Sylwester uses metaphors beautifully, making the information much more accessible to the lay reader. Excellent advice on dealing with young people. I wish I had this book when my own children were adolescents!"
Patricia Wolfe, International Education Consultant
Mind Matters, Inc.
Quote by Brain Compatible Learning Newsletter, Issue 1: "Throughout the book, Sylwester emphasizes the importance of caring adults listening and reflecting through dialogue with these brainy teens."
"Throughout the book, Sylwester emphasizes the importance of caring adults listening and reflecting through dialogue with these brainy teens."
Brain Compatible Learning Newsletter, Issue 1

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