Brain-Friendly Teaching
Tools, Tips & Structures
Published on 1. August 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-1-933445-35-9 (ISBN)
Description
Become a brain-friendly teacher! Put the power of brain research and theory to work inyour classroom. Your students will learn more, learn more quickly, retain and recall more, and like learning more. Dr. Kagan's extensively researched book distills the world of brain science into six essential principles that will align your teaching with how your students' brains naturally learn. For each of the six brain-based principles, you will find practical tools, tips, and structures to easily make the leap from theory to practice. Teaching is so much easier and more successful when you do it the brain-friendly way.
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Language
English
Place of publication
California
United States
Publishing group
Kagan Cooperative Learning
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 210 mm
Weight
1264 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-933445-35-9 (9781933445359)
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Dr. Spencer Kagan is an internationally acclaimed researcher, presenter, and author. He has published over 20 books which have now sold over 1 million copies. His books are translated into many languages. Dr. Kagan received his doctorate in clinical psychology from UCLA, was a clinical psychologist, and a full professor of psychology and education at the University of California. He has received two honorary doctorates. Dr. Kagan is the principal author of the single most comprehensive book for educators in each of six fields: cooperative learning, brain-friendly teaching, Social-Emotional Learning (SEL), multiple intelligences, classroom discipline, and classroom energizers. Dr. Kagan developed the structural approach to instruction based on hundreds of popular brain-based, cooperative learning, and multiple intelligences structures like Numbered Heads Together, Timed Pair Share, and Number Group Mania! Dr. Kagan is the founder and co-director of Kagan Publishing and Professional Development, one of the largest educational training companies in the world with franchises in over a dozen countries. Dr. Kagan has provided workshops and keynotes in over 40 countries.