Neuroscience for Teachers by Richard Churches - ISBN: 9781785831836
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Expertly unpacks, in an easy-to-read and instantly useable way, what every teacher needs to know about the brain and how we really learn and what that suggests for how they should teach.

Neuroscience for Teachers

Applying research evidence from brain science

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  • Paperback

    280 pages

  • Release Date

    14 September 2017

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Summary

Expertly unpacks, in an easy-to-read and instantly useable way, what every teacher needs to know about the brain and how we really learn – and what that suggests for how they should teach. Foreword by Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE. Everyone is curious about the brain – including your learners! Not only can knowing more about the brain be a powerful way to understand what happens when your pupils – and, of course, you – pick up new knowledge and skills, but it can also offer a theoretical ba…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781785831836
ISBN-10:1785831836
Author:Richard Churches, Eleanor Dommett, Ian Devonshire
Publisher:Crown House Publishing
Imprint:Crown House Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:280
Release Date:14 September 2017
Weight:558g
Dimensions:245mm x 185mm
About The Author

Richard Churches

Dr Richard Churches has been an advanced skills teacher, senior manager in challenging inner-city schools, government adviser, education consultant and Lead Adviser for Education Reform and Evidence Based Practice at Education Development Trust. He has led many major policy initiatives in England and across the world, and is currently Programme Director for the DfE Future Teaching Scholars programme. His doctoral research was experimental and explored areas of charismatic leadership associated with altered states of consciousness. Dr Eleanor Dommett is a Senior Lecturer in Biological Psychology and Neuroscience at the Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, part of King’s College London. Her research focuses on models of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and mechanisms of action of therapeutic drugs in this condition. She has conducted research at Sheffield University, Oxford University and the Open University and has taught at a variety of institutions. She is currently teaching on the BSc Psychology at King’s and has a special interest in technology-enhanced learning. Dr Ian Devonshire is a neuroscientist and lecturer who has spearheaded a range of innovative, inter-disciplinary research projects involving universities, schools, private companies, charities and the government. Ian has worked in research laboratories at the Universities of Oxford and Sheffield and is currently based at Nottingham University Medical School whilst also holding an associate lectureship at the Open University.

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