Samurai Teacher

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Samurai Teacher

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In seventeenth century Japan, an ancient samurai warrior named Miyamoto Musashi discovered something that neuroscientists would not learn for nearly four hundred years: it was possible for even the average person to develop elite skills if they knew the right strategies and practiced them long enough. Recent advances in cognitive neuroscience have shown us the strategies that we can use to help average students develop elite cognitive and academic skills and delayed students catch up and excel. Beginning with simple explanations of how brains learn and develop, how sensory experiences become information and skills, and the stages through which brains develop concepts in math, reading, spelling and writing, Samurai Teacher takes the reader step-by-step through the process of creating a hands-on, concept driven, cognitive educational program. The book also uses neuroscience to explain why current educational practices are at odds with the development of high level cognitive skills, why American students struggle on international tests of academic abilities, why special education and reading remediation programs have largely proven ineffective, and why longer school days, more homework, or more time in class have failed to improve student performance. Written for teachers, homeschool families, parents, teaching universities and policy makers alike, Samurai Teacher is a practical guide to the science, rationale and practice of a brain based, cognitive education.

Title: Samuri Teacher
ISBN: 9780974446837
Publisher: MacAlpine, Michelle
Additional Features:
softcover/420 pages/approx. size 6" x 9"/trade
About the Author:
Dr. MacAlpine is a developmental neuroscientist and the Director of Brain Training in Plano, TX. In addition to maintaining a clinical practice, she travels worldwide teaching parents and professionals how to take advantage of advances in neuroscience to help children learn and develop
Copyright Year:
2011

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