Do you know of a good teaching/psychology book that explains different ways that children learn?

Question

Do you know of a good teaching/psychology book that explains different ways that children learn?

Answer 1

Great question ... and "one hip dad" does provide some sound advice on renown authors in this particular field.

Because there has been such tremendous growth and discovery in brain-based research in the past ten years, many scholars and researchers have been assessing and analyzing the findings to find out more about how humans (yes, that does include children -although parents may sometimes doubt that) learn best.

The discoveries have been nothing short of phenomenal, fascinating and, frequently requiring the previous thinking and material on learning to be turned upside-down.

As such, I strongly recommend taking a look at the contemporary literature as it relates to learning and, specifically, the latest findings from our brain-based research universities and institutes.  For your convenience, I've included a few links to web sites below.

Included in the web sites is one from "New Horizons for Learning" that is a compilation of authors and articles from 1994-2002 on brain-based learning and research.

Have fun ... this is fascinating stuff!!

Answer 2

Multiple Intelligences of reading & writing by Thomas Armstrong.

Any of the works of Eric Jensen  - He specifically deals with how poverty effects children's learning.

You can always go back & research Piaget & Maslow.  Both of them have a lot to say about child development that most current scholars use as a base for their theories.