Five Pillars of the Mind: Redesigning Education to Suit the BrainFrom the author of Neuromyths, a revolutionary look at teaching and learning via the logical pathways of the brain. A review of the research on brain networks reveals, surprisingly, that there are just five basic pillars through which all learning takes place: Symbols, Patterns, Order, Categories, and Relationships. Dr. Tokuhama-Espinosa proposes that redesigning school curriculum around these five pillars—whether to augment or replace traditional subject categories—could enable students to develop the transdisciplinary problem-solving skills that are often touted as the ultimate goal of education. Heralding a potential paradigm shift in education, Five Pillars of the Mind explores how aligning instruction with the brain's natural design might just be the key to improving students' learning outcomes. |
Contents
Interrelation of Pillars FIGURE 3 SYMBOLS | |
Japanese Alphabets FIGURE 5 Lebanese Newspaper | |
Basic Geometric Formulas | |
ORDER | |
Order of Properties of a Circle | |
CATEGORIES | |
Venn Diagrams of Similarities and Difference | |
Taxonomy of Living Beings | |
Academic Categorization Scheme | |
Academic Categorization Scheme B FIGURE 32 Academic Categorization Scheme C | |
RELATIONSHIPS | |
Stencils Molds and Blueprints | |
Basic Shapes FIGURE 9 Objects Drawn from Basic Shapes | |
Examples of Representations | |
Representations of the Worlds Population FIGURE 12 Scientific Representations | |
Conceptual Representations of Peace | |
Religious Symbols FIGURE 15 Examples of Expressive Symbols | |
Symbolic Representations of Women | |
Cloud Configurations | |
Leaf Configurations | |
Urban Planning Chemical and Language Configurations | |
Rug Patterns | |
Patterns in Nature | |
Doors | |
Rhythmic Shape and Numerical Patterns | |
The Golden Ratio | |
Divine Proportions in Nature | |
Fractal Patterns and Proportions | |
From Piaget to Neurons | |
Basic Educational Constructivism | |
An Embellished Elaboration Theory of Instruction FIGURE 39 Myelination | |
Rehearsal Reinforcement | |
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Conclusions | |
References | |
Curricular Example for Applying | |
Evidence for Mathematical | |
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