Begin With the Brain

Book Summary

Preface:

This book emphasizes how teachers must shift their thinking and strategies about the classroom management and organization to reflect what we know about how the brain responds to its environment and situation. The most dynamic brain-compatible curriculum delivered in a brain-antagonistic, stressful environment goes nowhere. What a waste of an incredible amount of teacher energy and effort, and of a terrific opportunity for students if you cannot take advantage of the powerful curriculum. A brain-compatible environment and teacher attitude must precede brain-compatible curriculum implementation. These orchestrated brain-compatible learning environments can only occur when educator and administrators understand how the brain functions, learns, and reacts to stress and fear.

This book is designed to be like the teacher down the hall from whom you can get a lot of ideas for orchestrating and maintaining a classroom that is a joyous and yet rigorous place to b...