Endangered Minds: Why Children Dont Think And What We Can Do About I

Jane M. Healy

Simon & Schuster, Jul 19, 2011 - Education - 392 pages

Is today's fast-paced media culture creating a toxic environment for our children's brains?

In this landmark, bestselling assessment tracing the roots of America's escalating crisis in education, Jane M. Healy, Ph.D., examines how television, video games, and other components of popular culture compromise our children's ability to concentrate and to absorb and analyze information. Drawing on neuropsychological research and an analysis of current educational practices, Healy presents in clear, understandable language:

-- How growing brains are physically shaped by experience

-- Why television programs -- even supposedly educational shows like Sesame Street -- develop "habits of mind" that place children at a disadvantage in school

-- Why increasing numbers of children are diagnosed with attention deficit disorder

-- How parents and teachers can make a critical difference by making children good learners from the day they are born

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Review: Endangered Minds: Why Children Dont Think And What We Can Do About It

User Review  - JA - Goodreads

While this book was written over 20 years ago, it was ahead of its time. Much of what's in the book still apply today. The big difference is that there are now scientific evidence that prove the ...

Review: Endangered Minds: Why Children Dont Think And What We Can Do About It

User Review  - Emily Hunt Newton - Goodreads

Long but worth every chapter. Incredibly valuable research. Healy examines the effects of a changing culture upon children's brains in the context of education: “We are rearing a generation of ...

About the author

Jane M. Healy, Ph.D. is a teacher and educational psychologist who has worked with young people of all ages, from pre-school to graduate school. She has been a classroom teacher, reading and learning specialist, school administrator, and clinician. She is currently a lecturer and consultant, and the author of three books about how children do (and don’t) learn, Your Child’s Growing Mind, Endangered Minds, and Failure to Connect. She and her work have been featured in national media such as CNN and NPR. She has twice been named “Educator of the Year” by Delta Kappa Gamma, the professional honor society of women educators.  Jane and her husband claim they have learned most of what they know from raising three sons and enjoying six grandchildren.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Endangered Minds: Why Children Dont Think And What We Can Do About I
• Author: Jane M. Healy
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2011
• ISBN: 1439126704, 9781439126707
• Length: 392 pages
• Subjects: Education / General; Family & Relationships / Parenting / General; Psychology / Developmental / Child