The Invisible Classroom: Relationships, Neuroscience & Mindfulness in School (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393707571)

How is expanding students' strengths more effective than improving their weaknesses? Why is creating a school where staff and students feel safe necessary for learning? How can anchoring with simple mindfulness practices prevent classroom behavioral problems?

There is more to a classroom than just a teacher and a group of students. All classroom interactions have "invisible" neurobiological, emotional, and social aspects--the emotional histories of students, the teacher's own background and biography. In this book, Kirke Olson takes lessons from brain science, mindfulness, and positive psychology to help teachers understand the full range of their students' school experiences. Using its classroom-ready resources, teachers, administrators, parents, and policy makers can make the invisible visible, turning human investment in their students into the best possible learning outcomes.

Author: Kirke Olson
ISBN-10: 0393707571
ISBN-13: 9780393707571
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 07/28/2014
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2015 pg. 866