Questions Kids Ask About Their Brains

Questions Kids Ask About Their Brains

Answers That Help Students Learn and Teachers Teach

Tokuhama-Espinosa, Tracey

Teachers' College Press

05/2024

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9780807769652

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Preface: Question as a Gateway to the Mind
How to Read this Book
1. The Pedagogy of Listening
Where the Questions Come From
2. Life Changes the Learning Brain
What You Know Influences What You Can Know Educators, Mind, and Brain
3. Identity: Who Am I?
Similarities and Differences
Nature via Nurture Plus Free Will
Perception
Self-Awareness
Summary
Resources to Extend Learning
4. Structure: What Is the Physical Structure of the Brain?
Color and Texture
Weight and Size
Divisions of the Brain
Hemispheres and Laterality
Neurons and Synapses
Blood and Nerves
Summary
Resources to Extend Learning on Brain Structure
5. Growth: How Does the Brain Develop?
Babies' Brains
Children's Brains
Adolescent Brains
Adult Brains
Old Age
Brain Death
Afterlife
Summary
Resources to Extend Learning on Brain Structure
6. Function: How Does the Brain Work and Stay Healthy?
Brain-Body Connection
Control
Sleep and Dreaming
Nutrition
Physical Activity
Summary
Resources to Extend Learning
7. Emotions and Feelings: What Does My Brain Have to Do With My Feelings?
Emotional Processing
Emotional Triggers
Emotional Load
Relationships
Stress
Anxiety
Anger
Fear
Positive Emotions
Happiness
Love
Motivation, Boredom and Procrastination
Summary
Resources to Extend Learning
8. Memory, Attention, and Executive Functions: What Are the Building Blocks of All Learning?
Memory
Creation of New Memories
Storage
Capacity
Retrieval
Forgetting
Attention
Default Mode Network
Preference, Bias, and Distraction
Attention Spans Are Changed By Technology
Deja Vu
Executive Functions
Activities That Help Executive Functions
Summary
Resources To Extend Learning
9. Learning: How Does Stuff Get Into Our Brains so We Can Use It in the Future?
Processing
Connectivity
Cognitive Load
Maximum Potential
Innate Intelligence
Best Learning
Speed and Range
Genius, Gifted, And Talented
Creativity and Imagiation
Problem Solving
Training and Studying
Summary
Resources to Extend Learning
10. Problems That Impede Learning: Why Are There Brains That Work a Little Bit Differently?
Dyslexia
ADHD
Executive Dysfuntion
Headaches and Brain Damage
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Addiction
Psychopaths
Brain Health
Summary
Resources to Extend Learning
11. Final Thoughts
References
Index
About the Author
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layman's explanation of neurodevelopment; listening pedagogy; science of learning; teaching strategies; neuroscience; child development; SEL; neural networks; memory; executive functions; Education; health; children; adolescent; methods; classroom; school; identity; social emotional; behavior; growth; function; mind; feelings; attention; practice; work; understanding; consciousness; nutrition, exercise; roadblocks; psychology; counselors; youth; creativity; memories; trauma, mental illness; addiction; optimizing; dispelling myths; neuromyths; human; neuroanatomy, neurophysiology