Carrie Ann’s Reading Log 2/22

Posted by on February 22, 2010 
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Changing the Pathways in the Brain

Though we will be discussing in more depth our assigned books in class this week I would like to share with you all a brief summary of The Art of Changing the Brain.

Take a pinch of Piaget, add a touch of classroom techniques, and a cup or more of neuroscience and you will have The Art of Changing the Brain by James E. Zull.  This book looks into how the science and the biology of the brain can affect your students learning style, how they process information, how they synthesize the material into other aspects of learning. As Zull takes you through the brain by breaking it down into three distinct sections 1) Foundations, 2) Knowledge, Neuronal Networks, Change, and Recommendations for the Teacher, 3) Using more of the Cerebral Cortex to deepen Learning- you as an educator will see how the biological structures of the brain can be “changed” by your teaching methods to make more meaningful connections in student’s learning.

Though loaded with discussions and terminology dealing with neuroscience and how the brain functions, the terms that Zull presents are easily understood by the reader since they are supported by real-life teaching experiences by the author that support the topic at hand.  As I was reading, I saw some of my students in the stories that Zull presented and now I have a better understanding of how their brain might be processing the information and how I should present material to make the brain/neuron connections stronger with the way I disseminate the topics in class.  Tomorrow I will discuss this book in more detail with all of you, but I can say wholeheartedly that this is a book that all educators need to read because you really change your student’s brains and the unique ways that they learn.

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