The brain's behind it: new knowledge about the brain and learning

Contents......Page 8
Foreword......Page 10
How to use this book......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 14
1 Introduction......Page 16
PART ONE: Wired: the development cycle of the learning brain......Page 26
2 Pre-wiring: what happens to the brain in the womb......Page 28
3 Wired to fire: brain development in the first five years......Page 38
4 Wired for desire: the brain and the onset of puberty......Page 50
5 Wired to inspire: the completion of brain development......Page 66
6 Wired to misfire: learning from dysfunction......Page 80
7 Wired to retire: ageing and the brain......Page 96
PART TWO: Ready, wire, fire: a model for the learning brain......Page 104
8 Physiology: how do we maintain the brain?......Page 106
9 Engagement: how do we arouse and direct the brain?......Page 122
10 Laterally: how do we develop left and right?......Page 132
11 Gender: how do we respect difference?......Page 148
12 Memory: how do we remember?......Page 160
PART THREE: The brain\'s finally behind it......Page 182
13 The findings......Page 184
14 Recommendations for parents, educators and policy makers......Page 186
15 Questions and answers......Page 189
16 Recommended websites......Page 192
B......Page 196
D......Page 197
L......Page 198
P......Page 199
S......Page 200
W......Page 201
Endnotes......Page 202
Selected bibliography by section......Page 210
C......Page 213
H......Page 214
M......Page 215
R......Page 216
W......Page 217