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Overview"Updated Edition of Best Seller! Praise for the first edition: ""This is a book that should be required reading for students of education, teachers, and administrators. Dr. Sylwester provides the connecting link between research on the brain and the classroom. I would encourage educators to form book study groups to read, study, reflect, and apply what they find in this book."" Jerry Tollefson, Principal Marquette Elementary School, Madison, WI Explore how brain research improves student-teacher dynamics in the classroom! Expanding on his immensely popular first edition, experienced author and professor Robert Sylwester presents an updated and expanded second edition on the latest biological research and applies it to student-teacher dynamics in the classroom. Critical policies and practices discussed for helping educators improve their understanding of student development include: Exploring beliefs of a democratic society in today′s classrooms Incorporating a biological/ecological perspective in classroom management Shifting the focus from classroom management to student-teacher collaborations that improve classroom dynamics and develop social skills Believing that students should experience as they learn, and teachers should observe, explore, and nurture their students, Robert Sylwester reveals the latest research on how the brain really works. Also available for use in conjunction with the book are a video and training guide to promote a deeper understanding of student-teacher dynamics in the classroom." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert A. SylwesterPublisher: SAGE Publications Inc Imprint: Corwin Press Inc Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.420kg ISBN: 9780761938101ISBN 10: 0761938109 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 25 March 2003 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsPreface About the Author 1. The Cultural Foundations of Classroom Management Democracy and Education 21st-Century Challenges Collaborative Classroom Management 2. The Biological Foundations of Classroom Management Three Forms of Biological Inquiry Key Biological Concepts Cells and Classrooms 3. The Marvelous Interdependent Bodybrain That Schools Seek to Manage The Principal Brain Systems From Jungle to Classroom in Search of a Model 4. Collaboratively Expending Energy: Who′s In Charge? Childbirth, Childhood, and Classrooms From Potential to Kinetic Energy Self-Esteem, Impulsivity, and Aggression Suggested Activities 5. Collaboratively Managing Biological and Cultural Space Mapping Cognitive, City, and Classroom Space How Many People Can You Stuff Into a Classroom? A Classroom Is a Created World Surrounded by a Leaky Wall Cauliflower in the Classroom Suggested Activities 6. Collaboratively Managing Biological and Cultural Time Life Span: Two Developmental Decades A Year′s Curricular Time A Day in the Life Suggested Activities 7. Collaboratively Managing Biological and Cultural Movement Physical Movement Change as Psychological Movement Suggested Activities 8. Collaboratively Managing Biological and Cultural Range Biologically Possible Ranges Culturally Appropriate Ranges In the End References and Supplementary Readings IndexReviewsSylwester's book offers research, theoretical perspectives, and suggested activities, all of which easily foster reflection on practices related to classroom management, this significant dimension of teaching. -- Contemporary Psychology APA Review of Books, April 2003 Author InformationRobert 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/). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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