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The 'BrainCanDo' handbook of teaching and learning : practical strategies to bring psychology and neuroscience into the classroom /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Other Authors: Harrington, Julia (Headmistress) (Editor), Beale, Jonathan (Editor), Fancourt, Amy (Editor), Lutz, Catherine (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
Subjects:
Educational psychology.
Cognitive neuroscience.
Academic achievement > Psychological aspects.
Brain > Growth.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • About the editors
  • About the contributors
  • Foreword
  • Introduction: The 'BrainCanDo' approach to teaching and learning
  • PART 1: Controversies and applications
  • 1. Educational neuroscience and educational neuroscientism
  • 2. How BrainCanDo has been applied at Queen Anne's School
  • PART 2: Becoming a successful learner
  • 3. Developing character education in schools: an evidence-based approach
  • 4. The impact of working memory and learning difficulties in the classroom
  • PART 3: Motivation
  • 5. Motivational contagion in education
  • 6. Mindsets and motivation: an introduction to potential influences on academic achievement
  • 7. Using an executive function-focused approach to build self-regulation, metacognition and motivation in all learners
  • PART 4: Well-being
  • 8. Sleepy teens in the classroom
  • 9. Gratitude, subjective well-being and prosociality: implications for adolescence and education
  • PART 5: Subject-specific research
  • 10. Brain and cognitive development during adolescence: implications for science and mathematics education
  • 11. The impact of music on adolescents' cognitive and socio-emotional learning
  • Index