Brain Rules

John Medina wrote Brain Rules in 2008, and I had moved on to a few other books and ideas in the last couple of years, but then he published Brain Rules for Baby earlier this year, so there was some chatter about his original book on the 'net. That chatter reminded me of how informative his book is and I figured I should contribute to the chatter as well.

In this book, Medina reviews the recent brain research and articulates 12 rules that parents, educators, and employers need to understand if they are to design home, classrooms, and workplaces that are friendly to brains and that allow brains to work to their highest potential.

The rules are simple and well-known to most middle school educators. The publisher has made some excellent resources available on the book web site, including an excellent summary of the rules.