JOURNAL
Neuroscience & Education
This special supplement, supported by the Dana Foundation, will be available online for free until February 2013.
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The Dana Foundation
Neuroscientists and educators met at the Aspen Brain Forum last fall to hash out what we know and how schools might change to help every child succeed. One answer: play.
NEWS
Education Week
Educators are using techniques drawn from brain-research studies to help students with disabilities.
REPORT
Framing a National Research Agenda for the Arts, Lifelong Learning, and Individual Well-Being
The National Endowment for the Arts and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Current evidence suggests beneficial effects of integrating the arts into health and education programs. The report recommends further research into the ways in which the arts impact human development in order to improve the efficacy of such programs.
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The New York Times
Perceptual learning—which takes advantage of the brain’s ability to recognize patterns—could help students learn math and science principles more effectively.
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ScienceNews
The way children process math equations changes in third grade.
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ScienceNow
"A new study shows that students learn much better through an active, iterative process that involves working through their misconceptions with fellow students and getting immediate feedback from the instructor."
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“The whole function of education is to alter the brain," Nobelist Eric Kandel said at a conference for educators and scientists on learning and the brain in New York City. He and other researchers described what we know about how the brain learns.
NEWS
Brain imaging helps researchers decipher the intricate networks that form as people learn to read, and what may be happening when the learning goes awry.
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This excerpt from excerpt from
Mind, Brain, and Education Science: A Comprehensive Guide to the New Brain-Based Teaching provides an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of Neuroeducation, or Mind, Brain, and Education (MBE) Science
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Neuroscience: Implications for Education and Lifelong Learning
A research report from The Royal Society emphasizes the importance of integrating scientific awareness of how we learn into teacher training and education policy.
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From Edutopia: What does new neuroscience research tell educators about how children learn and how teachers should teach?
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In a Dana Foundation briefing paper, brain experts discuss attention allocation of children with ADHD. While these children might not pay attention in school, they are likely to be captivated by activities they enjoy.
NEWS
Multitasking, ADHD, and optimal study times were among the topics as scientists and educators shared their expertise during the “Attention and Engagement in Learning” summit this week in Baltimore. The summit was held at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore on May 5 as part of the Neuro-Education Initiative at the Johns Hopkins School of Education.
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COMMENTARY
Implications of Arts Learning for Families and Parents
The reduction and loss of arts programs in the schools puts more responsibility on families and the community to provide quality arts experiences, writes Susan Magsamen, co-director of the Neuro-Education Initiative at Johns Hopkins University School of Education. Families need to be strong educational partners with schools on behalf of their children.
NEWS
From The New York Times: New research on when young brains are best able to grasp fundamental concepts could reshape early education.
Commentary
From Washingtonpost.com: A guest blog by cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham on the
new publication from the Learning, Arts, and the Brain conference.
News
As scientists learn more about how the brain grows and learns, universities are developing programs to translate those insights into practical classroom strategies.
News
The latest research in neuroscience is providing evidence that supports a notion long argued by advocates: that the arts improve learning and cognition.
Commentary
Jerome Kagan Gives Six Good Reasons for Advocating the Importance of Arts in School
"It is not possible to live by rationality alone," said cognitive-research pioneer Jerome Kagan during the Learning, Arts, and the Brain conference in Baltimore.
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Commentary by Mariale Hardiman
Federal and state policy makers should expand their view of what constitutes an effective school based on the evidence of science and of experience, proposes a neuroeducation specialist at Johns Hopkins University. For example, at the school she ran in Baltimore, "as teachers designed arts-integrated lessons that fostered creative thinking, a transformation occurred in the school."