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    Brain-Based Learning and Education: Principles and Practice
    Brain-Based Learning and Education: Principles and Practice
    Brain-Based Learning and Education: Principles and Practice
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    Brain-Based Learning and Education: Principles and Practice

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    Brain-Based Learning and Education presents a new type of education that uses brain-based and self-control theory-driven training. Leaving aside the current focus in education on content knowledge, it examines essential character strengths such as selfcontrol, persistence, creativity, attention, memory, and social learning, and relates their relevance to learning. By bridging the research and application gap in education, this text not only covers the latest findings related to learning and teaching but also provides insights for application and practice for brain-based methods in health and education. This integration of neuroscience and education takes us from a deep understanding of brain function to the frontline of the classroom.

    • Explains an integrative training mechanisms from the behavioral, neuroscientific, and physiological perspectives
    • Presents brain-based practice methods that can be readily applied to the education system
    • Addresses additional issues, such as stress, wandering mind, and individuality
    • Includes stories and findings related to the brain, learning, and teaching
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAcademic Press
    Release dateApr 22, 2017
    ISBN9780128105092
    Brain-Based Learning and Education: Principles and Practice
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    Yi-Yuan Tang

    Dr. Tang has an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural background, experience, and expertise in the areas of human neuroscience (e.g., cognitive, affective, social, cultural, and behavioral), health psychology, health science, prevention and intervention science. His research mainly focuses on how environment or experience (stress, learning, training, culture) affects self-control, emotion regulation, stress resilience and decision-making and their interaction with genes to influence health and well-being. Additionally, he investigates both conscious and unconscious changes in healthy behavior, habit, and lifestyles. His translational research focuses on the development and implementation of evidence-based interventions to prevent and ameliorate behavioral problems and mental disorders such as ADHD, learning disabilities, substance use, mood disorders and stress related disorders over the lifespan. Dr. Tang’s interdisciplinary research has received support from NIH, the Office of Naval Research/Department of Defense, and private foundations including the John Templeton Foundation and James Bower Foundation. He has published 9 books and over 300 peer-reviewed articles in different academic journals, including Nature Reviews Neuroscience (NRN), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Trends in Cognitive Sciences (TiCS), Neuroimage, and Human Brain Mapping.

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      Brain-Based Learning and Education - Yi-Yuan Tang

      Brain-Based Learning and Education

      Principles and Practice

      Yi-Yuan Tang

      Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States

      Table of Contents

      Cover image

      Title page

      Copyright

      Dedication

      List of Figures

      Preface

      Acknowledgments

      Chapter 1. Challenges and Issues in Education

      Abstract

      Chapter 2. Brain Networks Involved in Learning and Teaching

      Abstract

      2.1 Attention and Self-Control Networks

      2.2 Memory Networks

      2.3 Emotion Networks

      2.4 Reward and Habit Networks

      2.5 Social and Self-Referential Networks

      Chapter 3. Attention and Self-Control in Education

      Abstract

      3.1 Attention in Learning and Education

      3.2 Self-control in Learning and Education

      Chapter 4. Curiosity and Creativity Motivate Self-Learning

      Abstract

      4.1 Curiosity and Self-Learning

      4.2 Creativity and Self-Learning

      Chapter 5. Developing Characters Through Neuroscience Findings

      Abstract

      5.1 Self-control

      5.2 Compassion, Empathy and Emotion Regulation

      5.3 How Does Mindfulness Enhance Emotion Regulation, Empathy and Compassion?

      5.4 Wisdom

      5.5 Wisdom and implicit learning

      Chapter 6. How the Social Brain Supports Learning and Teaching

      Abstract

      6.1 Default Mode Network and Brain Resources

      6.2 Social Brain in Learning and Teaching

      Chapter 7. Healthy Brain Boosts Education Outcomes

      Abstract

      7.1 Reducing Stress Using Few Hours of Mindfulness Meditation

      7.2 Teacher–Student Interaction

      7.3 Mind-Wandering

      7.4 How to Reduce Mind-Wandering and Minimize Its Negative Consequences?

      Chapter 8. Personalized Education

      Abstract

      8.1 Different Learners and Capacities

      8.2 Gene, Personality, Environment and Education Outcomes

      Chapter 9. Insight for Optimal Learning and Education

      Abstract

      9.1 Building a New Learning and Education Environment

      9.2 Science of Learning and Teaching

      9.3 Wisdom as an Ultimate Goal of Education

      References

      Index

      Copyright

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      Dedication

      To my family, for their endless support and love.

      List of Figures

      Preface

      My story—how did I become involved in the field of education and neuroscience?

      As a professor who has worked in various academic institutions in the US and China, I have been teaching and doing research in neuroscience, psychology, medicine, and education since 1987. I have supervised over 50 graduate students and postdocs, and published seven books and over 290 other publications. When I was young I also started my body–mind practice based on Eastern Traditions and learned from more than 20 teachers with different lineages. In the 1990s, I developed Integrative Body–Mind Training (IBMT)—one form of mindfulness meditation—and have trained many children and adults, and also applied IBMT in rigorous scientific research. My basic and translational work indicates that even short-term IBMT (several hours) has beneficial effects on education and health, such as improvements in attention, emotion, creativity, working memory, learning, stress reduction, and academic performance. From the perspective of a long-term contemplative practitioner, neuroscientist, and psychologist, this book is a summary of my

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