Mind, Brain, and Education in Reading Disorders

by Fischer, Kurt W.; Bernstein, Jane Holmes; Immordino-yang, Mary Helen

• ISBN13: 9781107603226
• ISBN10: 1107603226
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-05-07
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

One of the key topics for establishing meaningful links between brain sciences and education is the development of reading. How does biology constrain learning to read? How does experience shape the development of reading skills? How does research on biology and behaviour connect to the ways that schools, teachers and parents help children learn to read, particularly in the face of disabilities that interfere with learning? This book addresses these questions and illuminates why reading disorders have been hard to identify, how recent research has established a firm base of knowledge about the cognitive neuroscience of reading problems and the learning tools for overcoming them, and, finally, what the future holds for relating mind, brain, and education to understanding reading difficulties. Connecting knowledge from neuroscience, genetics, cognitive science, child development, neuropsychology and education, this book will be of interest to both academic researchers and graduate students.

Table of Contents

What is Reading, and What are Reading Disorders? Looking to Neuroscience, Evolution and Genetics

Towards a grounded synthesis of mind, brain and education for reading disorders: an introduction to the field and this book

An evolutionary perspective on reading and reading disorders

Essay: brain volume and the acquisition of adaptive capacities

The genetics of dyslexia: what is the phenotype?

Reading and the Growing Brain: Methodology and History

A brief history of time, phonology, and other explanations of developmental dyslexia

Approaches to behavioural and neurological research on learning disabilities: in search of a deeper synthesis

Growth cycles of mind and brain: analyzing developmental pathways of learning disorders

Essay: cycles and gradients in development of the cortex

Brain bases of reading disabilities

The neural correlates of reading disorder: functional magnetic resonance imaging

Patterns of cortical connection in children with learning problems

Essay: the role of experience in brain development: adverse effects of childhood maltreatment

Watching Children Read

Finding common ground to promote dialogue and collaboration: using case material to jointly observe children's behaviour

Analyzing the reading abilities of four boys: educational implications

First impressions: what four readers can teach us

Analysis of reading disorders from a neuropsychological perspective

An education/psychological perspective on the behaviors of three children with reading disabilities

Reading Skills in the Long Term

The importance of comprehension in reading problems and instruction

Essay: bringing reading research to the trenches

What successful adults with dyslexia teach educators about children

Is a synthesis possible? Making doubly sure in research and application

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