The Neuroscience of Learning and Development
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The Neuroscience of Learning and Development

Enhancing Creativity, Compassion, Critical Thinking, and Peace in Higher Education

  1. 376 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The Neuroscience of Learning and Development

Enhancing Creativity, Compassion, Critical Thinking, and Peace in Higher Education

About this book

Is higher education preparing our students for a world that is increasingly complex and volatile, and in which they will have to contend with uncertainty and ambiguity? Are we addressing the concerns of employers who complain that graduates do not possess the creative, critical thinking, and communication skills needed in the workplace? This book harnesses what we have learned from innovations in teaching, from neuroscience, experiential learning, and studies on mindfulness and personal development to transform how we deliver and create new knowledge, and indeed transform our students, developing their capacities for adaptive boundary spanning.Starting from the premise that our current linear, course-based, educational practices are frequently at odds with how our neurological system facilitates learning and personal development, the authors set out an alternative model that emphasizes a holistic approach to education that integrates mindful inquiry practice with self-authorship and the regulation of emotion as the cornerstones of learning, while demonstrating how these align with the latest discoveries in neuroscience. The book closes by offering practical ideas for implementation, showing how simple refinements in classroom and out-of-classroom experiences can create foundations for students to develop key skills that will enhance adaptive problem solving, creativity, overall wellbeing, innovation, resilience, compassion, and ultimately world peace.Co-published with ACPA – College Student Educators International

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9781000978216
Edition
1
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Higher Education

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Endorsements
  3. Half Title
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Foreword
  9. Foreword
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. Preface
  12. Introduction: Rethinking How We Design, Deliver, and Evaluate Higher Education
  13. 1. Basic Brain Parts and Their Functions
  14. 2. Unpacking Neuroplasticity and Neurogenesis
  15. 3. Strategies That Intentionally Change the Brain
  16. 4. (Re)Conceptualizing Meaning Making in Higher Education: A Case for Integrative Educational Encounters That Prepare Students for Self-Authorship
  17. 5. Intentional Design of High-Impact Experiential Learning
  18. 6. Enhancing Well-Being and Resilience
  19. 7. Enhancing Creativity
  20. 8. Enhancing Compassion and Empathy
  21. 9. Balance Begets Integration: Exploring the Importance of Sleep, Movement, and Nature
  22. 10. Enhancing and Evaluating Critical Thinking Dispositions and Holistic Student Learning and Development Through Integrative Inquiry
  23. 11. Mindfulness at Work in Higher Education Leadership: From Theory to Practice Within the Classroom and Across the University
  24. 12. A Mindful Approach to Navigating Strategic Change
  25. Afterword: Adoption, Adaptation, and Transformation
  26. Editor and Contributors
  27. Index