Attack of the Teenage Brain - Understanding and Supporting the Weird and Wonderful Adolescent Learner (Paperback)

Marvel at the neuroscientific reasons why smart teens make dumb decisions! Behold the mind-controlling power of executive function! Thrill to a vision of a better school for the teenage brain! Whether you're a parent interacting with one adolescent or a teacher interacting with many, you know teens can be hard to parent and even harder to teach. The eye-rolling, the moodiness, the wandering attention, the drama. It's not you, it's them. More specifically, it's their brains. In accessible language and with periodic references to Star Trek, motorcycle daredevils, and near-classic movies of the '80s, developmental molecular biologist John Medina, author of the New York Times best-seller Brain Rules, explores the neurological and evolutionary factors that drive teenage behavior and can affect both achievement and engagement. Then he proposes a research-supported counterattack: a bold redesign of educational practices and learning environments to deliberately develop teens' cognitive capacity to manage their emotions, plan, prioritize, and focus. Attack of the Teenage Brain! is an enlightening and entertaining read that will change the way you think about teen behavior and prompt you to consider how else parents, educators, and policymakers might collaborate to help our challenging, sometimes infuriating, often weird, and genuinely wonderful kids become more successful learners, in school and beyond.

General

Imprint:	Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2018
Authors:	John Medina
Dimensions:	226 x 151 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-1-4166-2549-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Educational psychology Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Students / student organizations Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Neurosciences
LSN:	1-4166-2549-6
Barcode:	9781416625490

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