John Coleman (UK Oxford University)

The Teacher and the Teenage Brain

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Produktbeschreibung

The Teacher and the Teenage Brain is essential reading for all teachers and students of education. This book offers a fascinating introduction to teenage brain development, and shows how this knowledge has changed the way we understand young people.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 209mm x 134mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 212g
• ISBN-13: 9780367435813
• ISBN-10: 0367435810
• Artikelnr.: 60937234

Autorenporträt

Dr John Coleman trained as a clinical psychologist and was formerly a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. He is the Founder of a research centre studying adolescents and their families, and during his career he has also run a special school for troubled teenagers and worked as a policy advisor for government. In addition to running workshops for parents of teenagers, he has created two series for TV, and written books and developed videos on the adolescent years. John's pioneering work has been widely recognised, and in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2001 he was awarded an OBE for services to young people.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Ten Things Every Teacher Needs to Know About the Teenage Brain 2. A
Brief Introduction to Teenage Development 3. From "My Baby's Brain" to "My
Teen Brain" 4. Learning and Memory 5. Risk and Reward 6. The Social Brain
7. Stress and Mental Health 8. Teenagers and Sleep 9. The Teenage Brain for
Teachers: Planning a Workshop 10. The Teenage Brain for Students: A Lesson
Plan 11. The Teenage Brain for Parents: Engaging Families in New Knowledge