Author:
Nagel, Michael C.
Imprint:Camberwell, Victoria : ACER Press, c2014.
Descriptionxx, 249 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Note:Ch. 1 Neuroscience and education -- ch. 2 Understanding the developing brain: Imagining the unimaginable -- Brain development: An overview -- Inside the brain: Structures and systems -- ch. 3 Adolescence and the developing brain -- Myelin and developmental trajectories -- The trimming of neurons: Synaptic pruning -- Chemicals in the adolescent brain: Not just raging hormones -- ch. 4 What could they be thinking? Adolescence and the frontal lobes -- The brain and the mind -- Executive function -- Impulse control -- Environmental stimulation -- ch. 5 Emotions and the adolescent brain Part 1: Born to survive and thrive -- The limbic system -- Fight or flight -- Emotion and reason -- The reward circuit -- ch. 6 Emotions and the adolescent brain Part 2: Risky business -- Novelty and danger -- Emotional regulation -- Motivation and consequences -- Hot and cold cognition -- ch. 7 Social aspects of the adolescent brain -- Self-concept: Sense of self -- Theory of mind -- Perspective taking -- Social assessment -- Peer resistance and peer pressure -- Adolescent relationships -- ch. 8 The adolescent brain at school -- 21st-century schooling -- Learning and the adolescent brain -- Memory and learning -- Understanding memory -- Temporal categories or stages of memory -- Qualitative categories of memory -- ch. 9 The adolescent brain outside school -- Adolescent experimentation: The young and the reckless -- Alcohol, tobacco and other drugs -- Sex, thugs and nave souls -- ch. 10 Failure to connect: When things go wrong in the brain -- Life sucks: Moodiness and the adolescent brain -- Don't worry: Try to help them be happy -- Depression and anxiety disorders -- Eating disorders -- Sleep disorders -- Adults matter.
Bibliography Note:includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:This book seeks to use neuroscience to help parents, and teachers and adults better understand the changes that occur in the brain during transition from childhood to adulthood. Ny understnading the science, we gain an opportunity to not only contribute positively to adolescent behavior and learning but alod enhance the day to day interactions and relationships that are vital to adolescent wellbeing.
