Human brain & human learning / [electronic resource] Leslie A. Hart.

"Thriteenth printing, 1992"--T.p. verso

Frustrations: The need for a new foundation -- Wrong Paths: Mann's factory to behaviorism -- Theory: Seeing the new understanding -- Proster Theory: Comprehensive new synthesis -- The Brain: Where learning happens -- Bad fit: Old brain in a new setting -- First Fundamental: The detection of patters -- Input: Essential for pattern development -- Second Fundamental: We live by programs -- Prosters: Storing and selecting programs -- The Triune Brain: Emotions, downshifting -- Brain Development: Until adulthood -- Settings: Brain-antagonistic traditions -- Learning: Steps toward brain compatibility -- The Classroom: Education's curse -- Teaching: Some exercises in futulity -- What Works: Directions we can go -- Prospects of Change: Can schools survive?

Includes bibliographical references and index.