The Teaching Brain: An Evolutionary Trait at the Heart of Education

by Vanessa Rodriguez and Michelle Fitzpatrick

Book Overview

"A significant contribution to understanding the interaction among teachers, students, the environment, and the content of learning" (Herbert Kohl, education advocate and author).

What is at work in the mind of a five-year-old explaining the game of tag to a new friend? What is going on in the head of a thirty-five-year-old parent showing a first-grader how to button a coat? And what exactly is happening in the brain of a sixty-five-year-old...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595589961
• ISBN13: 9781595589965
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.6"