A Child's Brain: The Impact of Advanced Research on Cognitive and Social Behavior
ISBN: 9781315860183
Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited
Subjects: Health and Social Care; Social Work and Social Policy; Child and Family Social Work;

Offers research on the development, organization, and operation of the child's brain. This volume outlines for educators the essence of the burgeoning fields of brain research specifically focusing on the child's brain. Exploring the ageless questions of how do we learn, acquire knowledge, process information and what is memory, and additionally what are the organisational, curricular and instructional implications for educators. This issue discusses the breakthroughs of computer science in understanding brain functions, research into the hemispheric processes of the brain and the emerging area of cognitive science, in relation to educators and the translation of recent brain research into practice.

Mary Frank, MS in Education.

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