Teaching with the Brain in Mind, 2nd Edition

Amazing book! Super knowledgeable!

School text book. Easy to read and I got an A in the course.

Very informative and provides a thorough understanding of how the processes taking place in the brain affect all aspects of the way in which people learn. The brain is constantly changing and evolving, influencing our moods, thoughts, and actions. Jensen covers all of the various stages of brain development from conception through the teen years. He demonstrates how parents can create optimal conditions for their children's brains by creating secure emotional attachments with them, providing them with good nutrition, teaching them proper social skills and emotional regulation, and replacing television with exploratory games and play. This book offers many practical suggestions that teachers can incorporate into their classrooms to enhance the learning experience of their students. The suggestions take into consideration the way that emotional states, the physical environment, physical exercise, hormones, social interaction, stress, maturation, different types of memory, motivation, and existing mental models all influence learning the learning process. I definitely recommend this book for anyone who is interested brain-based learning.

This is a must-read for all educators that know something is missing in the way education has gone in the past few decades. We need reform now so that we can serve our students! We keep implementing strategies that DO NOT WORK and then we wonder why kids can't sit still and listen. We can throw out the medicine and give the learning brain what it needs. This wonderful book (and all of Jensen's books, quite frankly) as well as Smart Moves by Carla Hannaford and A Moving Child is a Learning Child could right more than a few wrongs. It is time we all spoke up for children created deep and meaningful learning environments that work for all students - this book will give you more than enough understanding to begin the process of advocating for this necessary and overdue change.

The book is useful.