A Child's Brain: Understanding How the Brain Works, Develops, and Changes During the Critical Stages of Childhood
With A Child’s Brain you can learn how a child’s brain works, develops, and changes during the critical stages of childhood. Robert Sylwester, author of twenty books, has written this latest book to help parents and educators understand children’s cognitive development and provide suggestions on how to nurture children to their full potential. A Child’s Brain is a rich resource that:
  • Examines the neurobiology of childhood, explaining the body and brain systems that develop during pregnancy, infancy, and childhood
  • Explores factors that can enhance or delay development, such as nutrition, family life, relationships, illness, intelligence, technology, creativity, and the arts
  • Provides practical suggestions to help adults promote healthy development and successful learning in the children they encounter at home, at school, and everywhere else
  • Includes a glossary of neurobiological terms
  • And covers much more!

A Child’s Brain helps parents and educators understand the biological, emotional, and neurological changes that occur during childhood so they can support children’s learning, socialization, and growth.
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A Child's Brain: Understanding How the Brain Works, Develops, and Changes During the Critical Stages of Childhood
With A Child’s Brain you can learn how a child’s brain works, develops, and changes during the critical stages of childhood. Robert Sylwester, author of twenty books, has written this latest book to help parents and educators understand children’s cognitive development and provide suggestions on how to nurture children to their full potential. A Child’s Brain is a rich resource that:
  • Examines the neurobiology of childhood, explaining the body and brain systems that develop during pregnancy, infancy, and childhood
  • Explores factors that can enhance or delay development, such as nutrition, family life, relationships, illness, intelligence, technology, creativity, and the arts
  • Provides practical suggestions to help adults promote healthy development and successful learning in the children they encounter at home, at school, and everywhere else
  • Includes a glossary of neurobiological terms
  • And covers much more!

A Child’s Brain helps parents and educators understand the biological, emotional, and neurological changes that occur during childhood so they can support children’s learning, socialization, and growth.
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A Child's Brain: Understanding How the Brain Works, Develops, and Changes During the Critical Stages of Childhood

A Child's Brain: Understanding How the Brain Works, Develops, and Changes During the Critical Stages of Childhood

by Robert Sylwester
A Child's Brain: Understanding How the Brain Works, Develops, and Changes During the Critical Stages of Childhood

A Child's Brain: Understanding How the Brain Works, Develops, and Changes During the Critical Stages of Childhood

by Robert Sylwester

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With A Child’s Brain you can learn how a child’s brain works, develops, and changes during the critical stages of childhood. Robert Sylwester, author of twenty books, has written this latest book to help parents and educators understand children’s cognitive development and provide suggestions on how to nurture children to their full potential. A Child’s Brain is a rich resource that:
  • Examines the neurobiology of childhood, explaining the body and brain systems that develop during pregnancy, infancy, and childhood
  • Explores factors that can enhance or delay development, such as nutrition, family life, relationships, illness, intelligence, technology, creativity, and the arts
  • Provides practical suggestions to help adults promote healthy development and successful learning in the children they encounter at home, at school, and everywhere else
  • Includes a glossary of neurobiological terms
  • And covers much more!

A Child’s Brain helps parents and educators understand the biological, emotional, and neurological changes that occur during childhood so they can support children’s learning, socialization, and growth.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781628734492
Publisher: Skyhorse
Publication date: 10/08/2013
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 200
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Robert Sylwester is an Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Oregon who focuses on the educational implications of new developments in science and technology. He has written twenty books and curricular programs and 200+ journal articles. He received two Distinguished Achievement Awards from The Education Press Association of America for his syntheses of cognitive science research, published in Educational Leadership. He is now a regular contributor to the Information Age Education Newsletter and lives in Eugene, OR.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

About the Author xi

Introduction 1

Part 1 Understanding Childhood 7

1 Nature and Nurture: From Past to Present 9

The Nature of Life 10

Biological Range 13

Nature and Nurture 14

Heritability 17

2 Mastering Movement: From Imitation to Exploration 19

Mirror Neurons 21

Mastering Movement 29

Psychological Movement 32

3 Brain Organization: From Input to Output 33

Our Brain's Functional Organization 35

Locating Childhood Behavior Within Our Brain 42

The Cerebral Hemispheres 47

4 Development and Growth: From Womb to World 53

Growth and Development as Reductive 54

Part 2 Nurturing Childhood 63

5 Nurturing: From Unconditional Love to Behavioral Limits 65

Bonding 66

Regulating 69

6 Family and Friends: From Close to Loose Bonds 79

Childhood Play 80

School and Citizenship 83

7 Nutrition: From Necessary to Nice 91

Family Food Patterns 92

Nutrition 93

Preferences and Aversions 95

8 The Unexpected: From Joys and Toys to Fears and Tears 99

Emotion and Feelings 100

Attention 103

Attentional Disorders 106

Sudden Spontaneous Influences 107

9 Childhood Illness: From Short to Long Term 111

Invasions 112

Insurrections 115

Death 118

The Nurturing Tasks of Parents and Educators 119

10 Intelligence, Creativity, and the Arts: From What Is to What Could Be 123

Intelligence 124

Creativity 130

The Arts 131

11 Home and Beyond Home: From Biology to Technology 135

Direct and Personal Interaction 137

Electronically Augmented Interaction 139

12 Preparing for Adolescence: From a Sheltered Childhood Toward an Autonomous Adulthood 147

Parallel Environments 147

Brain Dichotomies 149

A Social Species 150

An Extended Development 151

The Arts 151

Glossary 155

Appendix A Neurons and Glial Cells 163

Neurons 163

Glial Cells 165

Appendix B Theories of Multiple Intelligences 167

Print and Electronic References and Additional Resources 169

Print References and Resources 169

Electronic Resources 173

Index 177

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