The Neuroscience of adult learning / edited by Sandra Johnson and Kathleen Taylor

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: San Francisco, California : Wiley, c2006Description: 91 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 787987042
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LC 5225.L42 .N48 2006
Contents:
The Neuroscience of Adult Learning -- Contents -- Editors' Notes -- 1. Key Aspects of How the Brain Learns -- 2. Neuroscience and Adult Learning -- 3. Fear and Learning: Trauma-Related Factors in the Adult Education Process -- 4. Brain Self-Repair in Psychotherapy: Implications for Education -- 5. The Role of Meaning and Emotion in Learning -- 6. Experience, Consciousness, and Learning: Implications for Instruction -- 7. Meaningful Learning and the Executive Functions of the Brain -- 8. The Neuroscience of the Mentor-Learner Relationship -- 9. Brain Function and Adult Learning: Implications for Practice -- Index
Summary: This timely volume examines links between the emerging neurobiological research on adult learning and the adult educators' practice. Now that it is possible to trace the pathways of the brain involved in various learning tasks, we can also explore which learning environments are likely to be most effective.
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Includes index.

The Neuroscience of Adult Learning -- Contents -- Editors' Notes -- 1. Key Aspects of How the Brain Learns -- 2. Neuroscience and Adult Learning -- 3. Fear and Learning: Trauma-Related Factors in the Adult Education Process -- 4. Brain Self-Repair in Psychotherapy: Implications for Education -- 5. The Role of Meaning and Emotion in Learning -- 6. Experience, Consciousness, and Learning: Implications for Instruction -- 7. Meaningful Learning and the Executive Functions of the Brain -- 8. The Neuroscience of the Mentor-Learner Relationship -- 9. Brain Function and Adult Learning: Implications for Practice -- Index

This timely volume examines links between the emerging neurobiological research on adult learning and the adult educators' practice. Now that it is possible to trace the pathways of the brain involved in various learning tasks, we can also explore which learning environments are likely to be most effective.

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