Comments on: Learning & The Brain: Interview with Robert Sylwester http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/06/learning-the-brain-interview-with-robert-sylwester/ Brain Fitness and Cognitive Health news Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:16:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Sherin http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/06/learning-the-brain-interview-with-robert-sylwester/#comment-159202 Tue, 13 May 2008 13:27:28 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/06/learning-the-brain-interview-with-robert-sylwester/#comment-159202 WOW ... LOVED the article ... but too professional. How about something my students could understand? hmm? Well keep up the good work ... I LOVE YOUR NAME! WOW ... LOVED the article ... but too professional. How about something my students could understand? hmm? Well keep up the good work ... I LOVE YOUR NAME!

]]> by: Dave’s Whiteboard » Blog Archive » Yogi Berra on learning http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/06/learning-the-brain-interview-with-robert-sylwester/#comment-145235 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:53:06 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/06/learning-the-brain-interview-with-robert-sylwester/#comment-145235 [...] A brief browse at my NetVibes page brought up an interview with Robert Sylwester at SharpBrains.  That includes a link to Sylwester’s columns at Brain Connection. [...] [...] A brief browse at my NetVibes page brought up an interview with Robert Sylwester at SharpBrains.  That includes a link to Sylwester's columns at Brain Connection. [...]

]]> by: Alvaro http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/06/learning-the-brain-interview-with-robert-sylwester/#comment-125002 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:25:40 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/06/learning-the-brain-interview-with-robert-sylwester/#comment-125002 Good point,...but the "adolescent" brain discussed above is not less real because of that. Our culture shapes our environment and our experiences which shape our brains, which is part of what Robert refers to at the beginning of the interview. Both nature and nature. It is also true that today we live around 80 years on average in developed countries, while life expectancy was around 30-40 years in pre-industrial societies...so there is room for more life stages. Good point,...but the "adolescent" brain discussed above is not less real because of that. Our culture shapes our environment and our experiences which shape our brains, which is part of what Robert refers to at the beginning of the interview. Both nature and nature.

It is also true that today we live around 80 years on average in developed countries, while life expectancy was around 30-40 years in pre-industrial societies...so there is room for more life stages.

]]> by: Homestead Mama http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/06/learning-the-brain-interview-with-robert-sylwester/#comment-124155 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:47:24 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/06/learning-the-brain-interview-with-robert-sylwester/#comment-124155 Interesting read! I was just contemplating the teen brain the other day after reading an article in a magazine. The article mentioned a study that stated that a majority of pre-industrial cultures don't even have a word for adolesence! Could it be that this teen brain thing is a product of our culture? Interesting read! I was just contemplating the teen brain the other day after reading an article in a magazine. The article mentioned a study that stated that a majority of pre-industrial cultures don't even have a word for adolesence! Could it be that this teen brain thing is a product of our culture?

]]> by: Alvaro http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/06/learning-the-brain-interview-with-robert-sylwester/#comment-122866 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:26:08 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/06/learning-the-brain-interview-with-robert-sylwester/#comment-122866 Hello Kim, I recommend you attend the Learning & the Brain conference mentioned at the end of the interview. Another good resource is Eric Jensen's Brain Expo. Hello Kim, I recommend you attend the Learning & the Brain conference mentioned at the end of the interview. Another good resource is Eric Jensen's Brain Expo.

]]> by: Kim http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/06/learning-the-brain-interview-with-robert-sylwester/#comment-122554 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:15:08 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/06/learning-the-brain-interview-with-robert-sylwester/#comment-122554 As a teacher I'd like to have access to professional development opportunities to learn about the adolescent brain. Suggestions? As a teacher I'd like to have access to professional development opportunities to learn about the adolescent brain. Suggestions?

]]> by: JHS http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/06/learning-the-brain-interview-with-robert-sylwester/#comment-122273 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:28:35 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/06/learning-the-brain-interview-with-robert-sylwester/#comment-122273 THANKS for participating in this week's Carnival of Family Life hosted by Karen at <a href="http://www.take2max.com/blog" rel="nofollow">Write from Karen</a>. The Carnival will go live on Monday, January 14, 2008, and I invite you and all of your readers to peruse all of the excellent submissions this week! THANKS for participating in this week's Carnival of Family Life hosted by Karen at Write from Karen. The Carnival will go live on Monday, January 14, 2008, and I invite you and all of your readers to peruse all of the excellent submissions this week!

]]> by: Renata http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/06/learning-the-brain-interview-with-robert-sylwester/#comment-122253 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:06:32 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/06/learning-the-brain-interview-with-robert-sylwester/#comment-122253 Great news! you article was accepted for our Natural Science Carnival! Visit the Carnival <a href="http://rvincoletto.multiply.com/journal/item/635/Natural_Sciences_Carnival" rel="nofollow">here</a> and don't forget to comment, link back, spread the word! Great news! you article was accepted for our Natural Science Carnival! Visit the Carnival here and don't forget to comment, link back, spread the word!

]]> by: Laura http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/06/learning-the-brain-interview-with-robert-sylwester/#comment-122021 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:06:59 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/06/learning-the-brain-interview-with-robert-sylwester/#comment-122021 wow, very useful...thanks! wow, very useful...thanks!

]]> by: This is your brain on hormones at Joanne Jacobs http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/06/learning-the-brain-interview-with-robert-sylwester/#comment-121717 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:18:23 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/06/learning-the-brain-interview-with-robert-sylwester/#comment-121717 [...] Robert Sylwester, author of The Adolescent Brain: Reaching for Autonomy, talks about cognitive development on SharpBrains, a “brain fitness” blog. Science and technology move rapidly, but education doesn’t. So if schools often resemble the schools of 50 years ago, that should not be surprising. Parents remember their school experiences, and since they survived them, they are typically leery about educators experimenting with their children. This explains in part why schools have not incorporated many of the recent developments in neuroscience and cognitive psychology. [...] [...] Robert Sylwester, author of The Adolescent Brain: Reaching for Autonomy, talks about cognitive development on SharpBrains, a "brain fitness" blog. Science and technology move rapidly, but education doesn't. So if schools often resemble the schools of 50 years ago, that should not be surprising. Parents remember their school experiences, and since they survived them, they are typically leery about educators experimenting with their children. This explains in part why schools have not incorporated many of the recent developments in neuroscience and cognitive psychology. [...]

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