1st Edition

Introducing Neuroeducational Research Neuroscience, Education and the Brain from Contexts to Practice

By Paul Howard Jones Copyright 2010
256 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Amongst educators, scientists and policy-makers there is a growing belief that the field of education can benefit from an understanding of the brain. However, attempts to bring neuroscience and education together have often been hampered by crucial differences in concepts, language and philosophy. In this book, Paul Howard-Jones explores these differences, drawing on the voices of educators and... Read more

PART 1: CONTEXTS  1. WHAT HAS NEUROSCIENCE GOT TO DO WITH EDUCATION?  2. NEUROMYTHS  3. EDUCATORS ON THE BRAIN, NEUROSCIENTISTS ON EDUCATION  4. NEUROSCIENCE AND EDUCATION IN DIALOGUE  PART 2: NEUROEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH  5. A MULTI-PERSPECTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF LEARNING  6. METHODOLOGY IN NEUROEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH  7. NEUROEDUCATIONAL ETHICS  8. NEUROEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH CASE STUDY A: CREATIVITY  9. NEUROEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH CASE STUDY B: LEARNING GAMES  PART 3: THE FUTURE  10. NEUROSCIENCE, EDUCATION AND THE FUTURE  REFERENCES  APPENDIX 1: SOME NEUROANATOMY  APPENDIX 2: GLOSSARY

Biography

Paul Howard-Jones is Senior Lecturer at the Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol.