Hands-on, Practical Guidance for Educators

From math, literacy, equity, multilingual learners, and SEL, to assessment, school counseling, and education leadership, our books are research-based and authored by experts on topics most relevant to what educators are facing today.

Look Inside

How to Explain a Brain

An Educator's Handbook of Brain Terms and Cognitive Processes

By: Robert Sylwester

Unlock the mysteries of the brain with the help of this jargon-free guide!

Noted author Robert Sylwester offers educators and general readers his own definitions for terms used in the cognitive neurosciences and provides a unique look into the marvelous brain. Discover how the brain is organized and develops and how educators can use this emerging understanding of cognition to enhance student learning and the school environment. This reference guide to essential concepts and terms in the cognitive neurosciences includes:

Nearly 300 encyclopedic entries and cross-references created to help educators understand key concepts about the brain
Eleven newly created anatomic models and illustrations that focus on key brain systems and functions

Full description

Look Inside

Product Details

Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9781412906395
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2004
Page Count: 200
Publication date: March 25, 2014

Select Format:

Review Copies

This book is not available as a review copy.

Description

"A delicious and nutritious alphabet soup for brain aficionados. How to Explain a Brain serves a generous portion of savory topics for the hearty neural appetite. From amygdala to emotion, from hippocampus to memory, from neurotransmitter to serotonin, the brain is explained as skillfully as one simmers a sumptuous stock."
Robin Fogarty, President
Robin Fogarty & Associates

Unlock the mysteries of the brain with the help of this jargon-free guide!

Noted author Robert Sylwester offers educators and general readers his own definitions for terms used in the cognitive neurosciences. This unique look into the marvelous brain uses language and descriptions that are accessible to readers, even those with just a limited understanding of biology. Discover how our brain is organized and develops, and how educators can use this emerging understanding of cognition to enhance student learning and the school environment.

This ready-reference guide to essential concepts and terms in cognitive neurosciences includes:

Nearly 300 encyclopedic entries and cross references created to help educators understand key concepts about our brain's organization, development, and learning capabilities
Eleven newly created anatomic models and illustrations that focus on key brain systems and functions
References and recommended print and Internet resources

How to Explain a Brain celebrates the brain in all its wonder and is sure to become a reference book of choice for teachers, instructional leaders, and teacher educators.

Key features

A ready-reference guide to essential concepts and terms in the cognitive neurosciences
Prepared especially for educators by Bob Sylwester
Includes reproducible illustrations of brain anatomy
In the tradition of Bob's best-selling 1995 book A Celebration of Neurons
Sure to appeal to teachers, instructional leaders, staff developers, and schools of education

Author(s)

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

List of Entries

Preface

About the Author

Standard Hierarchy of Brain Areas

Schematic Illustrations

Alphabetized Entries

Bibliography and Resources

Index

Reviews

"A delicious and nutritious alphabet soup for brain aficionados. How to Explain a Brain serves a generous portion of savory topics for the hearty neural appetite. From amygdala to emotion, from hippocampus to memory, from neurotransmitter to serotonin, the brain is explained as skillfully as one simmers a sumptuous stock."

Robin Fogarty, President
Robin Fogarty & Associates

"Robert Sylwester does a masterful job presenting a simple but elegant picture of the landscape of the brain and related cognitive processes in clear and direct prose."

PsycCRITIQUES, November 2005
American Psychological Association

Other Titles in: Teaching Methods & Learning Styles | Brain-Friendly Teaching & Learning | School Counseling

Select Format:

Review Copies

This book is not available as a review copy.