Brain-Compatible Classrooms » (3rd Edition)

Robin Fogarty is president of Robin Fogarty and Associates, Ltd., a minority-owned educational publishing/consulting company. A leading proponent of the thoughtful classroom, Fogarty has trained educators throughout the world in curriculum, instruction, and assessment strategies. She has taught at all levels, from kindergarten to college, served as an administrator, and consulted with state departments and ministries of education in the United States, Puerto Rico, Russia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Great Britain, Singapore, Korea, and the Netherlands. Fogarty has published articles in Educational Leadership, Phi Delta Kappan, and the Journal of Staff Development. She is the author of numerous books, including Ten Things New Teachers Need to Succeed, Second Edition (Corwin Press 2007), From Staff Room to Classroom (Corwin Press 2007), Literacy Matters, Second Edition (Corwin Press 2007), and the Nutshell Collection, which includes How to Differentiate Learning, Twelve Brain Principles That Make the Difference, Nine Best Practices That Make the Difference, Close the Achievement Gap, A Look at Transfer, and The Adult Learner. Fogarty received her doctorate in curriculum and human resource development from Loyola University Chicago.

Summarizing research from theorists such as Robert J. Marzano and Daniel Goleman, this revised volume helps educators understand and utilize brain research to build high-achievement classrooms.

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Explains the latest brain research in plain language and shows teachers how to use insights from that research to create a high- achievement K-college classroom. A framework of principles for teaching thinking is linked with Gardner's multiple intelligences theory and Goleman's emotional intelligence theory. Offers many activities, suggestions for group learning, and full-page graphic idea organizers and examples of their use. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
Part I. Physiology and Brain Science
1. Brain Science
The Brain Is the Universe Within
How to Be a Critical Consumer of Research on the Brain and Learning
Just the Facts! What Are the Facts About the Brain?
Macroview: A Look at the Exterior of the Human Brain
How Has the Brain Evolved?
How the Brain Works
Differences Between Males and Females
Part II. Principles For Teaching and Learning
2. Principles of the Brain and Learning
The Bridge Between Brain Science and Cognitive Science
The Brain Principles and the Four-Corner Framework
Twelve Brain Principles of Caine and Caine
It's All About Learning
3. Cognitive Science: The Brain Is on My Mind
Brain Science and Cognitive Science
Nature Versus Nurture (Heredity Versus Environment)
Enriched Environments
Intelligence as a Function of Experience
Windows of Opportunity
Nutrition-Cognition Connection
Abuses and Addictions
The Brain and the Mind
Memory Metaphor
Types of Memory Systems
Learning Through Patterns and Chunking
It's All About Teaching
Part III. Brain-Friendly Strategies
4. Strategies for Brain-Compatible Classrooms
The Four-Corner Framework
Brain-Compatible Classroom
Definition and Description of Brain-Compatible Classrooms
Research on Teacher Quality
A Framework for Quality Revisited
5. Setting the Climate for Thinking
Brainwave #1: Emotions - Goleman/Le Deux/Coles
Brainwave #2: Enriched Environments - Diamond/Conyers/Wilson
6. Teaching the Skills of Thinking
Brainwave #3: Microskills andMacroskills - Marzano/McTighe
Brainwave #4: Development of Skills and Content - Posner and Keele/Csikszentmihalyi
7. Structuring the Interaction With Thinking
Brainwave #5: Active Learning - Vygotsky/Ausbel
Brainwave #6: Experiential Learning
8. Thinking About Thinking
Brainwave #7: Reflection
Brainwave #8: Assessment
Appendix A: Suggested Videos to Illustrate the Four-Corner Framework
Appendix B: The Brain
Glossary
References
Index