The educated brain : essays in neuroeducation / Antonio M. Battro, Kurt W. Fischer & Pierre J. Léna, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Battro, Antonio M.

Fischer, Kurt W.

Léna, Pierre J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational psychology.

Learning--Physiological aspects.

Learning.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Summary:

The emerging field of neuroeducation, concerned with the interaction between mind, brain, and education, has proved revolutionary in educational research, introducing concepts, methods, and technologies into many advanced institutions around the world. The Educated Brain presents a broad overview of the major topics in this new discipline: part I examines the historical and epistemological issues related to the mind/brain problem and the scope of neuroeducation; part II provides a view of basic brain research in education and use of imaging techniques, and the study of brain and cognitive development; and part III is dedicated to the neural foundations of language and reading in different cultures, and the acquisition of basic mathematical concepts. With contributions from leading researchers in the field, this book features the most recent and advanced research in cognitive neurosciences.

Contents:

Towards a new pedagogical and didactic approach / Rita Levi-Montalcini

1 Introduction: mind, brain, and education in theory and practice / Antonio M. Battro, Kurt W. Fischer, and Pierre J. Léna

2 Historical considerations on brain and self / Fernando Vidal

3 Building bridges in neuroeducation / John T. Breur

4 Mind, brain and consciousness / Jürgen Mittelstrass

5 Understanding mind, brain, and education as a complex, dynamic developing system: measurement, modeling, and research / Paul Van Geert and Henderien Steenbeek

6 Epigenesis and brain plasticity in education / Wolf Singer

7 Chronoeducation: how the biological clock influences the learning process / Daniel P. Cardinali

8 Dynamic cycles of cognitive and brain development: measuring growth in mind, brain, and education / Kurt W. Fischer

9 Mechanisms and learning of high level skills / Michel I. Posner, Mary K. Rothbart, and M. Rosario Rueda

10 Developing the brain: a functional imaging approach to learning and educational sciences / Hideaki Koizumi

11 A triptych of the reading brain: evolution, development, pathology, and its intervention / Maryanne Wolf

12 Reading and the brain: a cross-language approach / Usha Goswami

13 Cortical images of early language and phonetic development using near infrared spectroscopy / Laura-Ann Petitto

14 Cerebral constraints in reading and arithmetic: education as a "neuronal recycling" process / Stanislas Dehaene.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780521876735

0521876737

OCLC:

171110401