Synopses & Reviews
Different minds learn differently. That's an issue for many children, because most schools still cling to a one-size-fits-all education philosophy. As a result, children struggle because their learning patterns don't fit the schools they are in. Learning begins in schools, but it doesn't end there. Frustrating a child's desire to learn will have lifelong repercussions.
In A Mind at a Time, Dr. Mel Levine shows parents how to identify these individual learning patterns. He explains how parents and teachers can nurture a child's strengths and deal effectively with weaknesses. This type of teaching produces satisfaction and achievement for all students.
There are eight fundamental systems of learning that draw on a variety of neurodevelopmental capacities. Some students are strong in certain areas and some are strong in others, but no one is equally capable in all eight. Drawing from actual case studies, Dr. Levine shows how parents and children can identify their strengths and weaknesses to determine their individual ways of learning.
We must pay attention to individual learning patterns, to individual minds so that we can maximize children's performance in school and in life. In A Mind at a Time, Dr. Levine shows us how.
Synopsis
Already a runaway bestseller, "A Mind at a Time" comes to audiobook. Drawing from actual case studies, Dr. Levine shows parents how to encourage a child's strengths and explains that each child learns in different ways.
Synopsis
Parents who have long grappled with children struggling in school can breathe a sigh of relief. Now Dr. Mel Levine -- one of the best-known education experts and pediatricians in America today -- gives listeners the answers they need to understand their children's learning patterns. Based on the philosophy that "different minds learn differently, " A Mind at a Time enables parents to prevent the lifelong repercussions of frustrating a child's desire. Listeners will learn the eight fundamental systems of learning that draw on a variety of neurodevelopmental capacities. Since no student is strong in all eight, Dr. Levine shows how parents and children can identify their strengths and weaknesses to maximize children's learning potential.
About the Author
Mel Levine, M.D. is a professor of pediatrics at the University of North Carolina Medical School and the director of the universitys Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning. He is the co-founder and co-chair of All Kinds of Minds, a nonprofit institute that develops products and programs to help parents, teachers, clinicians, and children address differences in learning. A Rhodes scholar and graduate of Harvard Medical School, Dr. Levine lives in the Raleigh-Durham area with his wife, Bambi, and many geese, donkeys, and other animals.