Professional Wisdom : What a College Students Brain and Career Need

Ideapress Publishing

Professional WisdomWhat a College Students Brain and Career Need\nAuthor(s): James Stellar, Brandy Eggan\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Ideapress Publishing, United States\nImprint: Vicara Books\nISBN-13: 9781646872046, 978-1646872046\nSynopsis\nHigher education has a long history of transferring knowledgefacts and theoriesinto students minds. However, it has less of a history of providing students with direct experiences, such as internships, that lead to felt knowledge of the field and relevant skills. It is this combination of academic and felt knowledge that fosters the growth students need, which we refer to as professional wisdom.\n\nThis growth state is supported by basic neuroscience. Humans possess a crowning achievement of evolution in the neocortex, allowing us to perform amazing feats of cognitive symbolic logic, such as language and planning. Beneath the neocortex lies an older part of the brain that regulates emotional computationthe limbic system. This system provides .