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Effective Strategies to Help Teachers Learn About Brain Development

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Book cover Early Childhood and Neuroscience - Links to Development and Learning

Part of the book series: Educating the Young Child ((EDYC,volume 7))

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This chapter initially discusses the debate regarding the brain information, classroom practices, and subsequent commerce that has been created to serve the educational market.

The chapter reviews the basics of brain structures and functions and is designed to provide readers with effective ways to share information with both preservice and in-service teachers. Further, the chapter reviews how this information influences classroom practices through principles of learning.

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  1. Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA

    Billie Enz Ph.D. & Jill Stamm Ph.D.

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  1. , School of Education, Heidelberg University, E. Market Street 310, Tiffin, 44883, Ohio, USA

    Leslie Haley Wasserman

  2. , Dept. of Leadership and Innovation, Arizona State University, West Thunderbird Road 4701, Glendale, 85306, Arizona, USA

    Debby Zambo

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Enz, B., Stamm, J. (2013). Effective Strategies to Help Teachers Learn About Brain Development. In: Wasserman, L., Zambo, D. (eds) Early Childhood and Neuroscience - Links to Development and Learning. Educating the Young Child, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6671-6_11

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