Product reviews for Neuroscience for Teachers

This book opens with a foreword by Susan Greenfield, an eminent neurobiologist, writer and broadcaster, who praises the authors for producing a text that provides accessible and accurate information for teachers about the brain and what research evidence has to say in terms of effective classroom interventions.

The book covers topics such as:

'· Neuroscience in the classroom: principles and practice

'· Attention learning and memory

'· Emotions and learning: stress and motivation

'· Special educational needs including dyslexia and autistic spectrum disorders

'· The adolescent brain and peer pressure

The book is well structured, as each chapter opens with an overview of content and concludes with suggestions for further related reading and research. There are numerous cartoons that help to explain concepts relating to neuroscience research and puzzles to reinforce learning concepts.

The authors provide numerous examples of ways in which teachers can improve classroom practice through stimulating experiences that recognize the relationship between the brain, behaviour and learning. They stress the significant impact teachers can exert on their students' thinking when they have a greater understanding of, for example, an appreciation of brain function and classroom performance in relation to learning differences and interventions.

The book closes with advice on teacher-led research methods and an extensive glossary.This book provides teachers with much advice and support in terms of adapting and refining their classroom practice, based on sound academic and evidence-based reviews.