Publisher: Great River Books

Neurophysiologist and educator Dr. Carla Hannaford brings the latest insights from scientific research to questions that affect learners of all ages. Examining the body's role in learning, from infancy through adulthood she presents the mounting scientific evidence that movement is crucial to learning.Dr. Hannaford offers clear alternatives and remedies that people can put into practice right away to make a real difference in their ability to learn.She advocates more enlightened educational practices for homes and schools including: a more holistic view of each learner; less emphasis on rote learning; more experiential, active instruction; less labeling of learning disabilities; more physical movement; more personal expression through arts, sports and music; less prescribing of Ritalin and other drugs whose long term effects are not even known.

About Carla Hannaford

Carla Hannaford, Ph.D. is a biologist and award winning educator with more than thirty years of teaching experience. Since 1988, she has been an internationally recognized educational consultant presenting lectures and workshops to thirty countries. Her books are available in nine different languages.


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About Carla Hannaford Ph.D.

Carla Hannaford, Ph.D. is a biologist and award winning educator with more than thirty years of teaching experience. Since 1988, she has been an internationally recognized educational consultant presenting lectures and workshops to thirty countries. Her books are available in nine different languages.

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Binding EAN ISBN-10 Pub Date PAGES Language Size Price
E-Book 9780915556434 091555643X 2013-04-01 0 English 0.00 x 0.00 x 0.00 in $18.95
Paperback 9780915556373 0915556375 2007-09-18 272 English 0.00 x 5.90 x 8.90 in $18.95

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The Dominance Factor

The Dominance Factor

by Hannaford, Carla

Explores an area that has long intrigued scientists and educators: the linkages between the side of the body we favor for seeing, hearing, touching, and moving and the way we think, learn, play, and relate to others. Your Dominance Profile is actually a key factor in shaping the way you think and act...

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Playing in the Unified Field

Playing in the Unified Field

by Hannaford, Carla

Our ideas about what we are and what we are capable of lag far behind what the science of the last hundred years has shown us. We are vibrational fields in a sea of vibrational fields, open to all potential. We are dynamic, learning beings with unavoidable power to influence one another and the surrounding world...

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Smart Moves

Smart Moves

by Hannaford, Carla

Neurophysiologist and educator Dr. Carla Hannaford brings the latest insights from scientific research to questions that affect learners of all ages. Examining the body's role in learning, from infancy through adulthood she presents the mounting scientific evidence that movement is crucial to learning.Dr...

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Seeing With Magic Glasses

Seeing With Magic Glasses

by Ellison, Launa

Launa Ellison provides the reader with a set of magic glasses to more powerfully see and know the whole child. She uses the latest brain-based models of learning as clarifying lenses that guider her choices and goals for each of her students. Ms. Ellison shows these new models in action as she presents an inviting picture of her own classroom and the human beings in it.

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School Success

School Success

by Kline, Peter

This book is designed to help you learn better, to study better, and to do better in school. Its aim is to make you successful at the things in life that are most important to you. We'll try to make it as enjoyable and as revelant to you personally as we possibly can- because that is the key to successful learning for everyone.

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The Everyday Genius

The Everyday Genius

by Kline, Peter

Explains why and how successful learning occurs. It is a practical guide for producing confident, eager learners at any age, in any school. Peter Kline's ideas and his ability to apply them in practical, down-to-earth situations have already helped transform the lives of many children, their families, and teachers...

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