Best Practice? Advice Provided to Teachers about the Use of Brain Gym[R] in Australian Schools

Autor/in	Stephenson, Jennifer
Titel	Best Practice? Advice Provided to Teachers about the Use of Brain Gym[R] in Australian Schools
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Education, 53 (2009) 2, S.109-124 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-9441
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Perceptual Motor Learning; Web Sites; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Educational Practices; Perceptual Motor Coordination; Psychomotor Skills; Neuropsychology; Search Strategies; Literature Reviews; Curriculum Evaluation; Teaching Methods; Instructional Effectiveness; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Perceptual-motor learning; Sensumotorisches Lernen; Wahrnehmungsschulung; Web-Design; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Bildungspraxis; Körperkoordination; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Neuropsychologie; Suchstrategie; Curriculum; Evaluation; Curriculumevaluation; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Evaluierung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Unterrichtserfolg; Australien
Abstract	Perceptual motor programs continue to be used in Australian schools despite evidence showing they do not influence academic learning. Brain Gym[R] is one perceptual motor program that is used in schools in Australia and overseas. There is little evidence to support the claims made about the benefits of Brain Gym[R]; its theoretical underpinning has been subject to criticism by neuroscientists. A search was made of Internet sites, including state department of education sites to locate information provided to teachers about Brain Gym[R]. Although education departments and others responsible for providing advice and professional development to teachers espouse research-based practice, they continue to endorse and support the use of Brain Gym[R]. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10