Brain Research and Learning Theory

Implications to Improve Student Learning and Engagement

Perry R. Rettig, Toni M. Bailey (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

181 Seiten

2023
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4758-6883-8 (ISBN)

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This is a book for professors by professors. It is an erudite description of brain research and learning theory with implications for classroom instruction with examples for teaching strategies, course mapping, and assessment. The focus is on brain research and learning theory—how students learn and how to best teach them.

Virtually anyone who has attended college can attest to poor teaching approaches by very bright professors. Professors simply are not trained or taught how to best teach their content. They are not aware of learning theories, brain research, pedagogy and andragogy. They teach the way they were taught—their mimetic isomorphism.Not only will this book share insights from all these areas, but it will also help professors prepare syllabi, create curriculum, prepare lesson plans, create assignments, and develop assessments with these concepts in mind. Further, we will embed differentiation, culturally relevant strategies, and the use of technology to enhance learning.

Dr. Rettig draws upon 40 years of experience in higher education and K-12. He has served as a public-school teacher and principal, a professor of educational leadership, and a university vice president and dean. His conceptual research agenda reaches from leadership, decision making, and how people learn with implications for our classrooms. With an emphasis on the Latin root of curriculum, “to run”, professor Dr. Bailey’s research focuses on the procession of our understanding of cognition, and ideological formations along the history of curriculum and instructional practices.

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

LIST OF FIGURES & TABLES

PART I THE BRAIN

Nature and Nurture
The Unified Whole
Neurons
Brain Growth and Development
Regions of the Brain
Genetic Influences
Implications for Professors
The Brain
The Classroom and Its Environment
The Curriculum
Pedagogy
Assessment
Summary
Notes

PART IILEARNING THEORY

Behaviorism
Learning According to Behaviorism
Implications of Behaviorism in the College Classroom
Cognitivism
Learning According to Cognitivism
Multiple Intelligences
Culturally Responsive Learning
Implications of Cognitivism for the College Classroom
Constructivism
Learning According to Constructivism
Critical Theory and Critical Pedagogy
Implications of Constructivism for the College Classroom
Summary
Notes

PART IIIIMPLICATIONS AND APPLICATIONS

Implications
The Learning Environment
Curriculum and Pedagogy
Assignments
Assessment
Applications
Behaviorism
Cognitivism
Constructivism
Notes

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Erscheinungsdatum	28.10.2023
Zusatzinfo	23 b/w illustrations; 7 tables
Sprache	englisch
Maße	177 x 253 mm
Gewicht	268 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
ISBN-10	1-4758-6883-9 / 1475868839
ISBN-13	978-1-4758-6883-8 / 9781475868838
Zustand	Neuware