Neuroeducation

Ready to Read?

Neuroimaging confirms the key role of white matter in reading ability, but the translation to the classroom lags. Where does the research stand?

Sound Health: Shaping Our Children’s Lives Through Music Engagement

For a second year, the National Institutes of Health and the Kennedy Center for the Arts spent a weekend exploring the connections between music, the brain, and humanity.

Sound Health: Music and the Mind

Following a science workshop held in March, the National Institutes of Health and the Kennedy Center for the Arts hosted renowned musicians, scientists, and music therapists for a day of talk and music-making.

Informing Education with Neuroscience

Teachers want to take advantage of what we’ve learned about the brain and learning, but don’t always know how to tell what is solid science. Researchers at BNA 2017 Festival of Neuroscience described studies in classrooms that show promise.

Neuroeducation: Learning, Arts, and the Brain

Learning, Arts, and the Brain

The Brain in Science Education

Dr. Jo Ellen Roseman and Mary Koppal, from the American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), discuss how brain science fits into national classroom curricula. While recommendations from several national organizations include brain-related standards, what students actually learn in the classroom varies greatly from state to state. See also complementary article, "Promoting Brain-Science Literacy in the K-12 Classroom"

Promoting Brain-Science Literacy in the K-12 Classroom

There are many simple ways to incorporate neuroscience into the K-12 classroom, even when the subject is not explicitly part of the curriculum. Here, Michaela Labriole, a science instructor at the New York Hall of Science, provides tangible examples of how teachers can encourage brain-science literacy in students at a time when growing knowledge of the brain is shaping our understanding of how to best foster learning. A complementary article to "The Brain in Science Education: What Should Everyone Learn?"

Six Good Reasons for Advocating the Importance of Arts in School

The argument for arts and music in the curric­ulum does not have to be sentimental, but can rest on pragmatic grounds, argues Jerome Kagan, emeritus professor of psychology at Harvard and a pioneer in the field of developmental psychology.

The Science of Education

Discoveries about how the brain learns are fueling interest in applying neuroscience in the classroom. In the new field of neuroeducation, scientists and educators should join forces to develop goals for learning-related research, the authors argue.