
Smart Moves
Why Learning Is Not All In Your Head, Second Edition
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Introduction Candace B. Pert, Ph.D.
- Preface to the Second Edition Carla Hannaford, Ph.D.
- 1 Learning Is Not All In Your Head
- 2 Neural NetworksâSuperhighways To Development
- 3 Sensory Experience
- 4 The Role of Emotions
- 5 Making Connections
- 6 Movement
- 7 Moves That Improve
- 8 What Goes Wrong?
- 9 Basics for the Brain: Water and Oxygen
- 10 Basics for the Brain: Nutrition
- 11 The Vestibular System and Learning Disorders
- 12 Fight or FlightâThe Stress Effect on Learning
- 13 Mis-Education and The Labeling Game
- 14 Drugs and Hyperactivity
- 15 Looking Outward for Models
- Notes
- Index