Rita Smilkstein

Broschiertes Buch

We're Born to Learn

Using the Brain's Natural Learning Process to Create Today's Curriculum

Beschreibung

Teach students to take responsibility for their own success! This updated edition of the bestselling and award-winning book on the brain's natural learning process brings new research results and applications in a power-packed teacher tool kit. Rita Smilkstein shows teachers how to create and deliver curricula that help students become the motivated, successful, and natural learners they were born to be. Updated features include: Guidelines for using the six-step Natural Human Learning Process (NHLP) for lesson planning and test preparation New information on how technology and Internet research affect student learning Practical methods for giving all students the tools they need to achieve

Autor

Dr. Smilkstein speaks nationally and internationally on brain-compatible education. She has taught in middle school through graduate school including 28 years at North Seattle Community College. Currently Professor Emerita North Seattle Community College and invited faculty in Educational Psychology at Western Washington University¿s Woodring College of Education, Everett Campus. Publications include articles and books on brain-based curriculum and pedagogy. Author of We're Born to Learn: Using the Brain's Natural Learning Process to Create Curriculum (Corwin Press, 2003), which won the Delta Kappa Gamma International Society's Educator's Award of the Year, 2004; the second edition will be published in 2011. She is a co-author of Igniting Student Potential Using the Natural Human Learning Process (Corwin Press, 2007). M.A. (English, Michigan State University), Ph.D. (Educational Psychology, University of Washington). She has received many teaching awards, including the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development's Excellence Award, 1991, 1995; the College Reading and Learning Association's highest honor, the Robert Griffin Award, 2005; Induction as a Fellow of the American Council of Developmental Education Associations, 2006, the highest honor in the field of Developmental Education.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Corwin
• 2. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 518g
• ISBN-13: 9781412979382
• ISBN-10: 1412979382
• Artikelnr.: 32028318

Rezensionen

"Packs in in practical methods for achievement and is a top pick for any education collection."