The Brain-Based Classroom: Accessing Every Child’s Potential Through Educational Neuroscience

by Kieran O'Mahony

The Brain-Based Classroom translates findings from educational neuroscience into a new paradigm of practices suitable for any teacher. The human brain is a site of spectacular capacity for joy, motivation, and personal satisfaction, but how can educators harness its potential to help children reach truly fulfilling goals? Using this innovative collection of brain-centric strategies, teachers can transform their classrooms into deep learning spaces that support their students through self-regulation and mindset shifts. These fresh insights will help teachers resolve classroom management issues, prevent crises and disruptive behaviors, and center social-emotional learning and restorative practices.

Genres: Education

248 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 29, 2020

Reviews

[Jodi]

I’ll read it again

[Leanna Aker · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an astounding read, and one that should be required for every educator. Wow!

[Dawn Plestina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very heavy research Facebook, which I expected…
I listen to the audiobook, but I would highly recommend having the hardcover book as well. if schools would focus on what this author recommends rather than inundating teachers, with more more more content, I think the ideas presented would be extremely helpful, but what usually happens is that they just tack more onto the teacher without taking anything away, and in that case, this idea of brain based education will be surely lost in overwhelmed teachers.

[Mrs. M · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was assigned to read this book through work, and I, honestly, probably wouldn't have read it on my own choosing. Although there were some good points made throughout the book, it was very hard to get into. I would like to think that there are other books out there on brain-based classrooms/educational neuroscience that would be more appealing to the universal reader vs. to someone who is specifically interested in the brain and its functions and its place in education.

[Justine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Learned so much from this book. Made learning about educational neuroscience easy to understand without the pretentious and boring academic lingo. This book gets straight to the point. I especially loved the Edge of Expertise framework, which I've applied in my own learning models in my M.Ed. program. This has become one of my reference books for many papers I've written. Thanks, Kieran O'Mahony!

[Lia Mey · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are academics who can write and are engaging -- this is not that book. The author is much better in person but still as esoteric.