LEARNING AND THE BRAIN PACK David A Sousa International Educational Consultant ········ Price £115 SAVE £28 ··········· HOW THE BRAIN LEARNS Second Edition How the Brain Learns focuses on the information that can help teachers turn research on brain function into practical activities and lessons. The Second Edition includes basic brain facts that can help students learn, insights on how the brain processes information, and tips on maximizing retention using "down time." 2000 · 320 pages Paper (0-7619-7765-1) · £31.00 HOW THE SPECIAL NEEDS BRAIN LEARNS 'The book's greatest strength may be its logical explanation of why today's students develop and learn differently, so that a functionally unchanging educational system is no longer appropriate in meeting learner needs' - Choice 2001 · 238 pages Paper (0-7619-7851-8) · £27.00 HOW THE GIFTED BRAIN LEARNS Shows how the brain processes information and offers both simple and complex strategies that will help identify and challenge gifted students in the classroom. Building on the latest discoveries in neuroscience, learning and the nature of intelligence, this book examines why traditional talent-identification techniques are inadequate (and often inaccurate), and presents methods that will allow identification of giftedness and talent potential with greater accuracy than ever before. 2002 · 290 pages Paper (0-7619-3829-X) · £27.00 THE LEADERSHIP BRAIN How to Lead Today's Schools More Effectively `As educators struggle with the demands of No Child Left Behind, David Sousa offers practical ideas for linking the research being done by neuroscientists to the real world of learning in the classroom' - The School Administrator `The Leadership Brain is an incredible resource. David Sousa has taken brain research and made it meaningful to principals by showing them how a basic understanding of this 2003 · 310 Paper (0-7619-3910-5) · £27.00 HOW THE BRAIN LEARNS TO READ `How the Brain Learns to Read makes the important connections between reading and brain research accessible for teachers and parents. It is definitely a book that I will recommend to teachers and my undergraduate and graduate students' - Diane Barone, Professor of Literary Studies, University of Nevada, Reno 2004 · 246 pages Paper (1-4129-0601-6) · £31.00