Secrets of the Teenage Brain: Research-Based Strategies for Reaching & Teaching Today's Adolescents: Research-based Strategies for Rreaching and Teaching Today's Adolescents

by SherylG.Feinstein (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2004

  $6.99

  Let's face it - the weather is more predictable than the average teenager. Suddenly, even the brightest and most cooperative students become argumentative and distracted. The good news is there are ways you can navigate these abrupt shifts and still be an effective teacher.

  Recent neuroscience findings have revealed that the teenage brain is actually undergoing developmental changes that can cause extremely erratic behavior. Although you can't change these behaviours, this new resource demonstrates ways you can adapt your teaching style to effectively reach and teach teenagers. In the first chapter of this lighthearted but informative book, you will explore the biology of the teenager's brain. Then, chapters two through six answer questions about specific characteristics of the teenage brain that seem most puzzling to teachers and parents - changes in cognition, the need to socialize, difficulty communicating ideas and feelings, building a self-identity, and why some adolescents engage in risky behaviour.

  You'll be entertained by the accounts of real-life experiences (you might recognize these teenagers from your classroom!) and then enlightened by the research-based teaching strategies for managing their everyday difficulties, conflicts, and crises. With the proper tools, teaching adolescents has never been more rewarding!

• New

  Paperback
  2009

  $26.91

  Featuring the latest research on the adolescent brain, this second edition offers teachers fresh instructional strategies that work for engaging erratic, distracted, and often unpredictable teenagers. Lighthearted and informative, this hands-on resource helps educators understand the key issues affecting cognition and adolescent learners' emotional, social, and physical well-being. Each chapter is supported with a multitude of techniques that can be adapted to individual content areas and teachers will find new sections about: - Technology and the brain - Mirror neurons and at-risk behaviors like cutting, violence and aggression - An Educator's Book Club guide for sharing the challenges of teaching adolescents