Bringing the Neuroscience of Learning to Online Teaching: An Educator’s Handbook

by Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa, Michael Fullan (Foreword)

This practical resource draws on the best of neuroscience to inform decisionmaking about digital learning. We live in unprecedented times that have pushed schools to make many decisions that have been postponed for years. For the first time since the inception of public education, teachers have been invited to redesign the learning landscape by integrating an intelligent selection of digital educational resources and changing pedagogical approaches based on information from the learning sciences. This handbook will help teachers make the most of this opportunity by showing them how to use digital tools to differentiate learning, employ alternative options to standardized testing, personalize learning, prioritize social-emotional skills, and inspire students to think more critically. The author identifies gems in quality teaching that coincide with how the brain learns best and are amplified in online contexts, including 40 evidenced-informed pedagogies. This book will help all educators move online teaching and learning to new levels of confidence and success. Book

Genres: Education

128 pages, Paperback

Published May 14, 2021

Reviews

[Rebecca Epting · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish I had this book at the beginning of the pandemic. The book is well laid out, especially Chapter 5 on designing the learning process in the synchronous/asynchronous environment. Lots to think about in the future structure of learning. Lots of strong resources and good ideas to strengthen learning, and leverage technology to make teaching better. I would not want to only teach middle school virtually, but this helps effective structuring of synchronous/asynchronous lessons.