Unlock the Genius Within
Neurobiological Trauma, Teaching, and Transformative Learning
By (author) Janik, MD, PhD, Daniel S.
Publication date:
08 September 2005Length of book:
230 pagesPublisher
R&L EducationDimensions:
228x154mm6x9"
ISBN-13: 9781578862917
Here, Daniel S. Janik, MD, PhD, argues replacing education and teaching with non-traumatic, curiosity-based, discovery-driven, and mentor-assisted transformational learning. Unlock the Genius Within is an easy read that explains—in conversational manner—the newest ideas on neurobiological and transformational learning beginning with what's wrong with education and ending with a call for reader participation in developing and applying neurobiological learning and transformational learning theory and methodology. Janik draws extensively from his own experiences first as a physician working with psychological recovery from trauma, and then as an educator and linguist in applying neurobiological-based transformational learning in clinics, classrooms, and tutoring.
Features:
·Descriptions of classical and contemporary research alongside allusions to popular movies and television programs
·Suggested further readings
·Neurobiological learning web resources
Throughout this book, the author incorporates humor, wisdom, and anecdotes to draw readers into traditionally incomprehensible concepts and information that demonstrates transformational learning. It will be of interest to teachers (postsecondary, secondary, and ESL), administrators, counselors, parents, students, and medical researchers.
Features:
·Descriptions of classical and contemporary research alongside allusions to popular movies and television programs
·Suggested further readings
·Neurobiological learning web resources
Throughout this book, the author incorporates humor, wisdom, and anecdotes to draw readers into traditionally incomprehensible concepts and information that demonstrates transformational learning. It will be of interest to teachers (postsecondary, secondary, and ESL), administrators, counselors, parents, students, and medical researchers.
[A] topic of extreme importance, yet there is no proper coverage of the subject in the open literature. . . . The parts of the book related to neurobiological learning are especially strong. The questions asked in that part are the crucial ones, and they open many new avenues for research. . . . I personally will use this book in my graduate teaching.