Caine, Renate Nummela.

Education on the edge of possibility / Renate Nummela Caine and Geoffrey Caine. - Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c1997. - viii, 279 p. : ill ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-270) and index.

Cross currents -- System's end -- Reconceiving the problem -- From machine to the possible human -- How the brain/mind learns -- Teaching for meaning and the expansion of dynamical knowledge -- Introducing our process -- Implementing relaxed alertness -- Implementing immersion and active processing -- Monitoring the learning communities -- Teachers: change and nonchange -- Reality test: Dry Creek and the larger picture -- The edge of possibility.

The authors present their theory of brain-based learning and teaching as a means for school reform, and describe their experiences implementing their ideas in two schools.

Adult. Adult Follett Library Resources.

0871202824 (pbk.)

97004604


Educational change--United States--Case studies.
Learning--Case studies.
Teaching--United States--Case studies.
Education--Methodology--Case studies.
Learning--Case studies.
Teaching--Case studies.

LA210 / .C286 1997

370/.973 370/.1/0973