learning and scholarship

A collection of practical strategies and techniques for creating an effective learning atmosphere including role-playing, working with art, and using drama and electronic media.

The author describes brain-based, visual teaching strategies that have worked in her long career as an educator, and explains the science behind those techniques.

Presents a practical guide for implementing a successful service-learning program for adolescents.

Explores how the works of John Milton interacted with the revolutionary work of his contemporaries in science to contribute to the advancement of learning that took place during Milton's life.

Argues that educators and parents greatly underestimate students' achievement capacity, explains how the brain can be enriched to maximize learning, memory, behavior, and overall function, and offers tips on how to improve a child's brain function at any age.

A collection of fifteen wisdom stories from around the world including "The Lost Coin" from Israel, "How to be Happy" from Arabia, and "Not Just a Pawn" from Germany.

How Irish scholars preserved Greek and Roman classics, Jewish and Christian writings, and other writings that might have been lost when the Roman Empire collapsed.

Presents articles and essays espousing opposing viewpoints on the issue of digitized media such as books and newspapers, and whether or not digital media is changing the way people read.

Discusses the relationship between science and politics and examines how our current culture of partisanship on both the right and the left have created a huge gap between scientific understanding of a problem and the antiscience views about it. Stresses the need for the media's obligation to provide accurate information and the importance of educating our leaders in science. Includes the five core principles of freedom, science, and knowledge, the top fourteen science questions facing America, and an index.

Applies brain research to teaching, discussing the roles that time of day, physical environment, colors, stress, emotions, and other factors play in learning--and not learning--and explains several methods of helping students succeed.