Enriching the Brain: How to Maximize Every Learner's Potential.Enriching the Brain: How to Maximize Every Learner's Potential by Eric Jensen Eric Jensen is the founder and President of Jensen Learning Corporation Inc. (formerly known as Turning Point for Education) in San Diego, California – an international professional training organization which aims to synthesize brain research information with implications , Jossey-Bass, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Calif., 2006, 330 pp. with index, $2495 softcover [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Knowledge about the brain and its effects on student learning ranks right up there with data gathering and testing as today's mustknow mantras for elementary and secondary school administrators. Enriching the Brain: How to Maximize Every Learner's Potential is about "changing the brain for the better," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. author Eric Jensen, a longtime member of the Society for Neuroscience For other uses, see SFN (disambiguation). The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) is a professional society for basic scientists and physicians around the world whose research is focused on the study of the brain and nervous system. and the New York Academy of Sciences The New York Academy of Sciences is the third oldest scientific society in the United States. An independent, non-profit organization with more than 25,000 members in 140 countries, the Academy’s mission is to advance understanding of science and technology. and the head of Jensen Learning, a staff training program. Jensen is an advocate for enriching all students based on the brain's remarkable ability for positive change. He seeks educational policies requiring an individual education plan for each student, leading to the elimination of grade levels. "Customized education for every single student may well seem crazy," Jensen concedes. He also supports mastery learning Mastery Learning is an instructional method that presumes all children can learn if they are provided with the appropriate learning conditions. Specifically, mastery learning is a method whereby students are not advanced to a subsequent learning objective until they demonstrate wherein a student who masters a skill or subject moves on to the next level of learning. In this process slow learners are not kept back and gifted students would perform to their own higher capacities. Jensen advocates customizing schools for each student. He recognizes there are financial, political and philosophical issues must be resolved, including that of No Child Left Behind, but he points out many schools and school leaders already provide enrichment. Through his work, Jensen presents a necessary challenge to those seeking a way to make practical use of the latest in brain research. He believes enrichment is not just for a "select few, but for all of us." Reviewed by William J. Leary, professor of education. Lynn University, Boca Raton, Fla. |
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