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Facilitating learning with the adult brain in mind : a conceptual and practical guide / Kathleen Taylor, Catherine Marienau.

By: Contributor(s): San Francisco, CA, USA : Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Brand, ©2016Description: xvii, 359 pages : 24 cm. illustrationsContent type:
  • text.
ISBN:
  • 9781118711453 (hbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 374/T21
LOC classification:
  • LC5225.L42 T4 2016
Other classification:
  • GRef/COED
Contents:
Brain basics -- The learning, changing adult brain -- Embodiment, metaphors, and hemispheres -- Setting the stage -- Enter stage left -- Enter stage right -- Center stage -- Spotlight on meaning-making -- Enhancing brain-aware practice with theory -- Returning to our senses.
Summary: How does the adult brain transform the world of experience into learning and knowing? Facilitating Learning with the Adult Brain in Mind describes how the brain works, and how to help adults learn, develop, and perform more effectively in diverse settings. Using stories, metaphors, and illustrations to illuminate technical ideas, Taylor and Marienau synthesize relevant trends in neuroscience, cognitive science, and philosophy of mind. The authors demonstrate how embodied, analogical approaches to learning can cultivate in adults a greater capacity to deal meaningfully and effectively with the complexities of modern life. Taylor and Marienau also describe their own journey of integrating brain-aware facilitation into their professional practices.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Brain basics -- The learning, changing adult brain -- Embodiment, metaphors, and hemispheres -- Setting the stage -- Enter stage left -- Enter stage right -- Center stage -- Spotlight on meaning-making -- Enhancing brain-aware practice with theory -- Returning to our senses.

How does the adult brain transform the world of experience into learning and knowing? Facilitating Learning with the Adult Brain in Mind describes how the brain works, and how to help adults learn, develop, and perform more effectively in diverse settings. Using stories, metaphors, and illustrations to illuminate technical ideas, Taylor and Marienau synthesize relevant trends in neuroscience, cognitive science, and philosophy of mind. The authors demonstrate how embodied, analogical approaches to learning can cultivate in adults a greater capacity to deal meaningfully and effectively with the complexities of modern life. Taylor and Marienau also describe their own journey of integrating brain-aware facilitation into their professional practices.

In English.

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