Neuroscience Research in Education Summit
How can scientific discoveries about the way humans learn and remember inform the way teachers teach? What are teachers experiencing in the classroom that could be informed by more brain research?
This kind of two-way dialogue was at the heart of the unique summit of neuroscientists and educators who explored the crossover between neuroscience research and education policy and practice.
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See the Working Bibliography of references on which many of the summit's discussions were based.
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News about the summit was featured in the Fall 2009 issue of SfN's Neuroscience Quarterly.
See the formal press release about the report.
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What is neuro-education? A developing field that combines research from neuroscience, psychology, education and other disciplines to inform educational practice and policy.
Goals of neuro-education? Neuro-education seeks to shed light on the science of education, with a focus on topics and issues rather than disciplines. Efforts are characterized by cross-collaboration among multiple fields resulting in translational research that will bridge the methodologies of the scientific and education communities. Together, scientists and educators are formulating questions and determining methodologies that neither science nor educational research could answer alone.
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For further information, contact Colleen McNerney at cmcnerney@sfn.org