Smart Moves: Why Learning Is Not All In Your Head, Second Edition

by Carla Hannaford

Paperback, 2010

Status

Available

Call number

612.8

Publication

Great River Books (2010), Edition: 1, 237 pages

Description

Neurophysiologist and educator Dr. Carla Hannaford brings the latest insights from scientific research to questions that affect learners of all ages. Examining the body's role in learning, from infancy through adulthood she presents the mounting scientific evidence that movement is crucial to learning.Dr. Hannaford offers clear alternatives and remedies that people can put into practice right away to make a real difference in their ability to learn.She advocates more enlightened educational practices for homes and schools including: a more holistic view of each learner; less emphasis on rote learning; more experiential, active instruction; less labeling of learning disabilities; more physical movement; more personal expression through arts, sports and music; less prescribing of Ritalin and other drugs whose long term effects are not even known.… (more)

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Smart Moves
Carla Hannaford
This was a good book on learning and how to view things from a child's perspective with reading aloud versus silent reading. I could go on and on about examples that were beneficial. It is a book I recommend to teachers, parents and advocates. It gives a treasury of
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information a must read for anyone interested in education.
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

237 p.; 9.18 inches

ISBN

0915556278 / 9780915556274
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