• Fierce Teaching: Purpose, Passion, and What Matters Most, July/2008

Fierce Teaching: Purpose, Passion, and What Matters Most, July/2008

Author(s) Eric Jensen
ISBN10 1412963303
ISBN13 9781412963305
Format Paperback
Pages 120
Year Publish 2008 July

Synopsis

Transform students' learning experiences with brain-friendly strategies that work every time, in every setting! Noted brain expert Eric Jensen shows teachers how they can achieve consistent, positive teaching and learning results using powerful brain-compatible teaching methods that meet specific criteria.

This reader-friendly model covers both process and content and identifies specific characteristics of successful strategies, including techniques that are:

  1. Easy to learn and implementAdaptable for differentiated instruction and individual learning styles
  2. Applicable to all grade levels
  3. Teacher-tested and proven to deliver results in any school setting
  4. Aligned with current brain and cognitive science research

About The Author:
Eric Jensen is a former teacher and current member of the Society for Neuroscience and New York Academy of Sciences. He has taught at all levels, from elementary through university level and is currently completing his PhD in human development.

In 1981, Jensen cofounded SuperCamp, the nation’s first and largest brain-compatible learning program, now with over 50,000 graduates. He has since written Teaching with the Brain in Mind, Brain-Based Learning, Deeper Learning, Arts with the Brain in Mind, Enriching the Brain, and 21 other books on learning and the brain. A leader in the brain-based movement, Jensen has made over 45 visits to neuroscience labs and interacts with countless neuroscientists. He was the founder of the Learning Brain EXPO and has trained educators and trainers for 25 years worldwide in this field. He is deeply committed to making a positive, significant, lasting difference in the way we learn.