They claim to be the oldest organization to have put a bridge between neurosciences and education: it is the Brain, Neurosciences, and Education Special Group of Interest of the American Educational Research Association.
The Brain, Neurosciences, and Education SIG, formed in 1988 as the Psychophysiology and Education SIG, is the oldest organizational entity specifically dedicated to [...]
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Brain, Neurosciences, and Education a SIG of the American Educational Research Association
Usable knowledge (HGSE): science of learning and evidence-based education
Usable Knowledge is a nice set of video and text resources for a large public from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Some examples:
In the section Learning and development, one can find domains such as Learning and the brain (featuring in particular Kurt Fischer’s programme on Mind, Brain, and Education), Learning by doing, Utilizing new and emerging technology.
But [...]
Mind, Brain, and Education: Harvard School of Education
The Harvard Graduate School of Education hosts a special program on Mind, Brain, and Education (MBE): a master (eventually doctoral program) on cognitive sciences (as a matter of fact not only neurosciences but rather a varied set of disciplines) and education.
The master’s program in Mind, Brain, and Education is designed for students interested in connecting [...]
Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, University of Washington
A demonstration of the growing interest for learning and the brain, an institute of University of Washington which is explicitly dedicated to the development of interdisciplinary research on learning sciences, in order to achieve better results in education:
(see the video)
“The Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences is an interdisciplinary center dedicated to discovering the fundamental [...]
EDU.TE.CO. Séminaire du Groupe Compas - Education, Technologies, Cognition au DEC
Le séminaire EDU.TE.CO. reprendra ce 17 février.
Thème du séminaire 2010 :
L’EDUCATION BASÉE SUR LA PREUVE ET SUR LA CONNAISSANCE :
QUELLES MÉTHODES ? QUELS SAVOIRS ?
Depuis quelques années les interactions entre les disciplines qui s’intéressent à l’éducation et celles qui s’intéressent à la cognition se sont multipliées. Il est possible que le développement de nouvelles technologies [...]
Mariale Hardiman, Johns Hopkins School of Education
Here are two videos from Johns Hopkins School of Education (Bringing new ideas to public education series) .
Mariale Hardiman speaks of the interest of teachers in learning more about how brain works: memory, attention, the role of emotions in learning and reasoning.
Mariale Hardiman is Interim Dean, School of Education Chair, Interdisciplinary Studies in Education Assistant [...]
Neuroscience interview series at sharp brains
A web site on “brain fitness”: Sharp Brains
As seen in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN,, and more, we are a market research & publishing firm tracking the research and marketplace for brain fitness and cognitive health.
To be consulted: the Neurosciences interview series, where on can find, for instance, an interview with Michael Posner on attention training [...]
Centre for Neurosciences in Education, Cambridge University
The Centre for neurosciences in education, Cambridge University, is specifically dedicated to the development of a science of learning which is based on neurosciences.
“In recent years, there have been substantial advances in understanding the brain. The Centre for Neuroscience in Education at the University of Cambridge aims to apply these advances to education. Researchers in the [...]
Les conférences de la Villette : Cerveau et apprentissage. Deuxième épisode
Le 3 décembre s’est tenue à la Villette la deuxième séance des conférences sur cerveau et apprentissage.
Edouard Gentaz nous a parlé des applications à l’école. Voici donc un court résumé pour ceux qui n’ont pas pu venir.
Esprit, cerveau et éducation
Helen Chadwick - Self-Portrait
Un livre que j’ai découvert, et qui s’insère pleinement dans le discours sur les bases “scientifiques” de l’éducation (quelles sciences ? quelles méthodes ? quels apports de la part des néurosciences ?) et que je n’hésite pas à recommander :
The Educated Brain: Essays in Neuroeducation - Cambridge University Press, 2008
Edited by [...]
