Becoming a "Wiz" at Brain-Based Teaching: How to Make Every Year Your Best Year - Softcover

Sprenger, Marilee B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761978615 ISBN 13: 9780761978619

Publisher: Corwin, 2001

Synopsis

"This is an exceptional book―well-researched, highly practical and very in touch with the everyday needs of today′s teacher. In the glut of teaching books out on the market, this one really stands out."
Eric Jensen
Author of Teaching With the Brain in Mind

"The reader-friendly flow of this book is in the top 1% of all similar texts that I have read. It provides solid background information with appropriate vignettes to facilitate the personalization of the material―it was a delight to read!"
Shawn Van Etten, Ph.D., Director of Institutional Research
Herkimer County Community College
Herkimer, NY

Practical strategies to integrate brain-based learning into your classroom as easily as clicking your heels!

Through the clever analogy of The Wizard of Oz, Marilee Sprenger provides invaluable information about cognitive research and shares simple tactics for implementing these ideas in the classroom. Learn proven tools for coping with "the Lion′s stress, the Tin Woodsman′s need for emotional intelligence, and the Scarecrow′s desire for higher level thinking."

This user-friendly guide effectively discusses expert findings about brain growth, structure, and functions to help teachers and administrators foster a love of learning in all students. By creating an enriched, brain-compatible environment as outlined in this book, educators can effectively counter such existing negative influences as stress, sleep deprivation, poor nutrition, and a genetic predisposition to disorders in order to cultivate successful lifelong learning.

Key features include:

• Straightforward discussion about memory pathways, learning styles, and multiple intelligences
• Extensive examples from real school situations where brain research has been applied
• Tactics for immediately putting brain-based information to work in the classroom
• Concrete techniques for using music, teams, rapport building, and brain-state changes to stimulate student learning

About the Author:

Marilee Sprenger has translated and applied brain-based research for the past thirteen years, and specializes in staff development training. As a classroom teacher, educational consultant, and adjunct professor at Aurora University, Sprenger has successfully integrated the most current brain research into all levels of education. She is a frequent speaker at national and state conferences and offers seminars internationally. A member of the American Academy of Neurology, she is the author of Learning and Memory: The Brain in Action, and co-author of Powerfully Simple Techniques and The Parent Connection.

    

 

 

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About the Author

Marilee Sprenger is an adjunct professor at Aurora University, where she teaches graduate courses on brain-based teaching, learning and memory, and differentiation. A creative and compassionate educator, she began her career teaching prekindergarten and kindergarten. She has also taught at the elementary, middle, and high school level. As an independent consultant, her passion is brain-based teaching and best practices using brain research and differentiation. She also consults in the areas of learning styles, using music in the classroom, teaming, multiple intelligences, emotional intelligence, and memory. As an educational consultant with Two Rivers Professional Development Center, she worked for the Illinois Regional Offices of Education in the area of staff development associated with learning standards and testing. She speaks internationally, and her interactive and engaging style allows participants to make connections with their classrooms and their students. She is affiliated with the American Academy of Neurology and is constantly updated on current research. Sprenger is the author of several books, including Memory 101 for Educators and Becoming a Wiz at Brain-Based Teaching, Second Edition, published by Corwin Press. She has contributed to textbooks, and her articles have appeared in publications such as Educational Leadership and the ASCD Brain-based Education/Learning Styles Networker. Her dedication to education has won her many awards, but she cherishes most the wonderful students and teachers whose lives have touched hers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761978615
• ISBN 13: 9780761978619
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176