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Teach the Way the Brain Learns
Curriculum Themes Build Neuron Networks
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2009
Summary
Teach the Way the Brain Learns discusses organizing learning experiences under themes. Once the brain has stored basic concepts in the curriculum, the storing-by-association system of the brain attaches new information to those basic concepts, building new ones as students have learning experiences that involve them in integrated subject matter. Thematic teaching has been around for quite a while, stemming from John Dewey and 'learning by doing.' Teachers need to return to it in view of the effects of narrowed curricula resulting from nationwide emphasis on testing and on rating schools based on student achievement. This book provides ways for teachers to link subjects and areas of learning for various teaching situations and takes readers from simple correlation through using published thematic units now available and on to developing their own interdisciplinary themes or in team efforts with other colleagues.
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Copyright year
2009
ISBN-Print
978-1-60709-136-3
ISBN-Online
978-1-60709-138-7
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
196
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CONTENTS No access
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS No access
FOREWORD No access
PREFACE: THE TIME IS RIGHT No access
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS No access
INTRODUCTION: THE BRAIN IS WIREDTO FILE BY ASSOCIATION No access Pages 1 - 8
Ch01. YOU DON’T HAVE TO GOWHOLE HOG AT THE BEGINNING No access Pages 9 - 20
Ch02. COORDINATE AND CORRELATE:SCHEDULE AND SHARE No access Pages 21 - 28
Ch03. INTEGRATINGINTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES No access Pages 29 - 36
Ch04. SOCIAL STUDIES CAN RULE THE DAY:THEMES TO LESSON PLANS No access Pages 37 - 54
Ch05. THEME-BASED LEARNING ACTIVITIES No access Pages 55 - 78
Ch06. SIMULATIONS: DO-IT-YOURSELFAND READY-MADE No access Pages 79 - 92
Ch07. SOME SUCCESSFULEXAMPLES FROM THE PAST No access Pages 93 - 114
Ch08. DEVELOPING GEOGRAPHY AND FRIENDS No access Pages 115 - 162
EPILOGUE: LAST THOUGHTS No access Pages 163 - 168
APPENDIX ONE: EIGHTH GRADETHEMES AND ACTIVITIES CHART No access Pages 169 - 172
APPENDIX TWO: ABCs OF STUDENT PROJECTS No access Pages 173 - 178
APPENDIX THREE: A SAMPLING OF CLASSICAL MUSIC INSPIREDBY GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS No access Pages 179 - 182
APPENDIX FOUR: THEMES DISCUSSED IN THE BOOK No access Pages 183 - 186
