The brain that changes itself: Stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of science by Norman Doidge on Amazon
		Teaching for tomorrow: Teaching content and problem solving skills by Ted McCain on Amazon

I don't usually recommend a book that I have not read yet. However, this came across during this year's NAIS annual conference and I can't wait to read them. Ian Jukes, who led a workshop on Saturday, made these recommendations. Looking over the book descriptions, they both look like good reads. Perhaps there would be a group interested in a book group surrounding these titles. If this sounds inviting, e-mail me your interest and we can see what develops.

The Brain that Changes Itself...

Web site for Norman Doidge

Preface (Sample Content)

Contents

• 1. A Woman Perpetually Falling…
  Rescued by the Man Who Discovered the Plasticity of Our Senses
  
• 2. Building Herself a Better Brain
  A Woman Labeled “Retarded” Discovers How to Heal Herself
  
• 3. Redesigning the Brain
  A Scientist Changes Brains to Sharpen Perception and Memory, Increase Speed
  of Thought, and Heal Learning Problems
  
• 4. Acquiring Tastes and Loves
  What Neuroplasticity Teaches Us About Sexual Attraction and Love
  
• 5. Midnight Resurrections
  Stroke Victims Learn to Move and Speak Again
  
• 6. Brain Lock Unlocked
  Using Plasticity to Stop Worries, Obsessions, Compulsions, and Bad Habits
  
• 7. Pain
  The Dark Side of Plasticity
  
• 8. Imagination
  How Thinking Makes It So
  
• 9. Turning Our Ghosts into Ancestors
  Psychoanalysis as a Neuroplastic Therapy
  
• 10. Rejuvenation
  The Discovery of the Neuronal Stem Cell and Lessons for Preserving Our Brains
  
• 11. More than the Sum of Her Parts
  A Woman Shows Us How Radically Plastic the Brain Can Be

Teaching for tomorrow: Teaching content and problem solving skills

Contents

• What skills will students need for the 21st century
• Six ways to teach for independent and higher learning
• Teaching students how to solve problems

Chapter 1: What skills will students need for the 21st century?

The first three who can e-mail me the answer to either of the the following questions (answer found in sample content) will get a copy of either book for their personal library.

Question1 : What does Doidge feel is the most important "alteration in our view of brain science"?

Question2 : What revelation did McCain have after he asked Lisa a question in class several weeks after she had answered the question perfectly on a test?

Email me your answer for a copy of either book (first four only). Good luck!