Five Pillars of the Mind: Redesigning Education to Suit the Brain

By Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393713210
• ISBN13: 9780393713213
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.8"