Simple neuroscience lessons to liberate learners
The author is an educational psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist who has studied the relationship between talent and disability and how the human brain supports ingenuity and problem solving. The book is aimed at anyone who teaches (classroom, museum, library, art studio or the workplace) and who is curious about the learning sciences. It is about ideas from neuroscience research and how they can most effectively be used to increase learning opportunities, with particular reference to neurodiversity.
The conclusion focuses on how the strategies that are recommended for the classroom can also be adapted for online and informal learning settings.
Her approach can be encapsulated by a quote from the conclusion:
‘Knowledge and insight happen when learning from the inside out meets and matches learning from the outside in’.
This concise text is really interesting and presents many insights into supporting students who are struggling academically. For those readers who are interested in exploring the relationships between neuroscience and education, there are extensive references to further reading.
Author: Dr L. Kalbfleisch
Publishers: W.W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 978-0-393-71308-4
£21.99